Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.9% 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	137% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190805
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 14:49
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900-$1,989 11,853 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 284 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 997 92% 770 Pts	64-Core 1512 94% 1512 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 5,557 User benchmarks, average bench 89% Dell(1028 08C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 129 Parallax 132 98% 127 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 116 Splatting 105 104% 131 fps
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Bc501 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 8,328 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 359 364 367 365 359 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1,036 Write 688 Mixed 480 SusWrite 366 143% 643 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 39.4 158% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 510 DQ Write 646 DQ Mixed 416 359% 524 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 142%
Sandisk Extreme SSD 500GB 4,692 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 434GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 359 404 405 405 404 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 438 Write 416 Mixed 271 SusWrite 381 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 25.6 80% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 92.6 DQ Write 94.8 DQ Mixed 28.7 40% 72 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 83%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 135 134 135 136 134 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% 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 below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.8% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 23.6 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.9 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 89%

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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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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 $178	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