Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	227% 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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	19.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190905
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '19 at 17:24
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$250 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 83.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 276 89% 164 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 800 85% 676 Pts	64-Core 1,013 63% 1,013 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070 (Mobile) 23,316 User benchmarks, average bench 88% Dell(1028 08C5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 112 90% 112 fps	MRender 155 Gravity 107 Splatting 97.5 95% 120 fps
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 99%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1283 1052 979 547 468 415 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,758 Write 1,472 Mixed 1,452 SusWrite 791 306% 1,368 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 60.6 195% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 1,136 DQ Write 994 DQ Mixed 1,060 796% 1,064 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 372%
Nvme PM981a Sams 256GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 17GB free Firmware: 15302029 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,821 Write 1,616 Mixed 1,344 355% 1,594 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 60.4 198% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,002 DQ Write 1,113 DQ Mixed 1,109 820% 1,074 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 261%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 138GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 70 74 73 72 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 45.8 Write 68.5 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 66.4 42% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 68%

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 below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 89%

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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	219x
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	187x
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	95x
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: $403

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16