Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.4% 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	303% 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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	20.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191028
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '20 at 22:18
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 82.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 95% 177 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 1,133 102% 861 Pts	64-Core 1,163 72% 1,163 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 105%

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: 432.3 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 119 Parallax 113 90% 114 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 110 Splatting 99.7 100% 126 fps
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 99%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 7,823 User benchmarks, average bench 320% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1057 1775 1849 1829 1791 1793 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	303% Outstanding	Read 1,937 Write 1688 Mixed 984 SusWrite 1,682 353% 1,573 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 46.9 175% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 1,652 DQ Write 1,467 DQ Mixed 1,560 1,170% 1,560 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 303% Great: 531%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 260GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 51 66 71 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 12.3 Write 1.7 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 68.5 22% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 89% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 23.3% 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 as expected (41^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.6 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 25.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.8% 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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Gaming 111%

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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 $184	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) $35	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