Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	115% 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	209% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190522
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '19 at 15:51
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	MKD-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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-$405 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 64.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 225 74% 137 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 784 73% 608 Pts	64-Core 1,091 68% 1,091 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 72.5% 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 below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 150 Parallax 142 125% 149 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 131 Splatting 97.7 105% 133 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 292GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1211 1272 1283 1222 1136 1104 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,210 Write 1,289 Mixed 826 SusWrite 1,205 255% 1,133 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 47 160% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,066 DQ Write 621 DQ Mixed 597 510% 761 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 248%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 906GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 101 103 110 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 108 Write 105 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 103 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1.7 358% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GB 6,839 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 89%

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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	219x
Core i7-9700KIntel $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	186x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	101x

GPU
RTX 2080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 112%, 4,380 samples	206x
GeForce RTX 2070NvidiaBench 89%, 5,557 samples	94x
RTX 2070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 88%, 23,316 samples	82x

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: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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