Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 162% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 165% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	166% 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	201% 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.

High background CPU (23%). 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	50.3 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	20190905
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 13:30
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$412 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 1,025 96% 799 Pts	64-Core 1,586 98% 1,586 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 893 User benchmarks, average bench 162% Nvidia(10DE 12BA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	166% Outstanding	Lighting 226 Reflection 239 Parallax 244 184% 237 fps	MRender 294 Gravity 238 Splatting 156 180% 229 fps
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 173%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 1TB 2,010 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 675GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1359 1169 284 496 544 540 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,392 Write 1,788 Mixed 1,529 SusWrite 732 307% 1,360 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 58.7 194% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 987 DQ Write 819 DQ Mixed 901 675% 902 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 261%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 953GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2176 2181 2184 2190 2177 2179 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,059 Write 2177 Mixed 1,408 SusWrite 2,181 441% 1,956 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 62.8 207% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 1,075 DQ Write 873 DQ Mixed 961 723% 970 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 425%
Lacie d2 Professional 8TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 5TB free Firmware: 235C SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 222 225 227 225 226 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 27% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 4x16GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 90%

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

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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 110%

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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	216x
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	80x

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: $412

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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