Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	200% 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	64GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	56.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '20 at 18:51
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$403 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 85.8 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 99% 184 Pts	4-Core 619 8-Core 1,099 104% 859 Pts	64-Core 1,499 93% 1,499 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080 (Mobile) 4,380 User benchmarks, average bench 112% Dell(1028 08C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3525 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 161 Parallax 154 126% 157 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 136 Splatting 97.2 107% 136 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme 800P SSDPEK1W120 118GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: K411D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 559 534 562 559 563 550 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	200% Outstanding	Read 1,137 Write 564 Mixed 752 SusWrite 555 167% 752 MB/s	4K Read 88.5 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 87.8 292% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 785 DQ Write 572 DQ Mixed 755 543% 704 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 253%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 65GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,083 Write 1,602 Mixed 1,624 393% 1,769 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 62.1 201% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 839 DQ Write 740 DQ Mixed 802 598% 794 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 4x16GB 395 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.6% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 24 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.4 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.6% 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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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 110%

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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	219x
Core i7-9700KIntel $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	187x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	103x

GPU
RTX 2080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 112%, 4,380 samples	206x
GeForce RTX 2070NvidiaBench 89%, 5,557 samples	95x
RTX 2070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 88%, 23,316 samples	83x

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: $403

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16