Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	95.6% 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 Drive	169% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). 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	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191028
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 16:50
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$260 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 1,121 101% 851 Pts	64-Core 1,138 70% 1,138 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 101% 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: 441.87 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 116 93% 116 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 111 Splatting 99 101% 128 fps
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 99%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PC SN520 NVMe WDC 256GB 4,380 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20220012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 449 414 425 422 418 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,084 Write 1,064 Mixed 1,061 SusWrite 424 204% 908 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 56.6 192% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 849 DQ Write 972 DQ Mixed 726 598% 849 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 184%
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 370GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 302 303 297 296 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 408 Write 355 Mixed 278 SusWrite 298 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 32 95% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 232 193% 280 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 107%
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$236 1,645 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 476GB free Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 352 367 353 393 366 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 672 Write 484 Mixed 811 SusWrite 354 130% 580 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 45.8 149% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 643 DQ Write 479 DQ Mixed 650 462% 590 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6D1 2x8GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 21.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 24.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 84%

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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 $273	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 $186	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