Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.8% 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	153% 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	16GB 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 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 14:13
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900-$1,989 11,853 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 286 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 1,099 94% 809 Pts	64-Core 1563 97% 1563 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.5% 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: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 124 Parallax 118 94% 119 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 113 Splatting 102 102% 129 fps
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 99%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PC SN520 NVMe WDC 256GB 4,380 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20220012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 445 426 425 336 314 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 923 Write 1,021 Mixed 962 SusWrite 384 185% 822 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 56.1 179% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 823 DQ Write 833 DQ Mixed 440 438% 699 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 184%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 477GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 513 1091 1232 1269 1289 1282 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 342 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 1,113 112% 496 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 50.2 182% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 675 DQ Mixed 266 311% 535 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 295%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 715GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 119 120 120 120 117 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 47.8 Write 96.3 Mixed 54 SusWrite 118 58% 79 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GB 43,895 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 21 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 24.8 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 85%

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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 $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 $254	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16