Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 104%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics69.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive307% 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.
Memory64GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51m  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory55.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191028
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 22 '19 at 19:29
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%
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 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
102% Outstanding
Memory 91.3
1-Core 153
2-Core 290
98% 178 Pts
4-Core 608
8-Core 1,066
101% 837 Pts
64-Core 1,448
90% 1,448 Pts
Poor: 89%
This bench: 102%
Great: 104%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Nvidia(10DE 12FA) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2340 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.66
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
69.9% Good
Lighting 25.5
Reflection 234
Parallax 251
21% 170 fps
MRender 255
Gravity 234
Splatting 143
165% 211 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 69.9%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
971GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1372 1288 1530 1723 1721 1693 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
307% Outstanding
Read 2,216
Write 2,028
Mixed 1,825
SusWrite 1,554
428% 1,906 MB/s
4K Read 54.3
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 69.9
227% 76 MB/s
DQ Read 1,298
DQ Write 1,098
DQ Mixed 1,211
904% 1,202 MB/s
Poor: 113%
This bench: 307%
Great: 541%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB
743GB free
Firmware: RVQ01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 385 459 479 479 475 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 496
Write 435
Mixed 397
SusWrite 445
100% 443 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 70
4K Mixed 39.8
132% 46.3 MB/s
DQ Read 355
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 321
242% 325 MB/s
Poor: 89%
This bench: 103%
Great: 122%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.1% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 29.8
MC Mixed 21.9
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 31.5
SC Mixed 25
70% 24.5 GB/s
Latency 65.3
61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Area-51m Builds (Compare 536 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: $410
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