Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics77.6% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51m  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190905
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateDec 09 '19 at 18:04
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9700-$260
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
97.5% Outstanding
Memory 89.1
1-Core 138
2-Core 273
92% 167 Pts
4-Core 568
8-Core 1036
96% 802 Pts
64-Core 1,102
68% 1,102 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 97.5%
Great: 99%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 08C5) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
77.6% Very good
Lighting 95.3
Reflection 108
Parallax 97.6
78% 100 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 83.2
Splatting 80.7
77% 97.1 fps
Poor: 49%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 83%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 14 21 21 24 31 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
9.37% Terrible
Read 11.2
Write 7.8
Mixed 25.8
SusWrite 21.2
12% 16.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.1
36% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 9.37%
Great: 70%
Samsung D3 Station 5TB
3TB free, PID 6126
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 2.3
2% 2.3 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
75.2% Very good
MC Read 30.1
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 22.4
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 25.7
SC Mixed 22.3
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 68.3
58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51m Builds (Compare 535 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 111%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 110%
UFO

System: Alienware Area-51m

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $412
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