Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	204% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	57.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190522
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '19 at 05:20
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 1,008 92% 771 Pts	64-Core 1,452 90% 1,452 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080 (Mobile) 4,380 User benchmarks, average bench 112% Dell(1028 08C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 164 Parallax 159 135% 163 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 141 Splatting 106 113% 144 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 818 632 624 625 615 601 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,411 Write 1543 Mixed 737 SusWrite 653 243% 1,086 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53.3 198% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 1,110 DQ Write 997 DQ Mixed 798 669% 968 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 254%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 780GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 78 84 85 79 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 13 Write 2 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 82.9 24% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.1 341% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4SFD8266.M16FE 4x16GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 23.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 110%

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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	217x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	186x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	100x

GPU
RTX 2080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 112%, 4,380 samples	204x
GeForce RTX 2070NvidiaBench 89%, 5,557 samples	94x
RTX 2070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 88%, 23,316 samples	81x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	40x
Raid 0 Volume 1TBIntelBench 242%, 17,176 samples	38x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc400Bench 186%, 2,374 samples	19x

RAM
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,839 samples	46x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	24x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 7,078 samples	24x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $410

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16