Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	172% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	13.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190905
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '20 at 19:57
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 79.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 260 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 870 83% 686 Pts	64-Core 943 58% 943 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 5,557 User benchmarks, average bench 89% Dell(1028 08C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 47.1 Reflection 56.3 Parallax 47.8 38% 50.4 fps	Gravity 36.6 Splatting 31.9 30% 34.3 fps
Poor: 73% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-1T00-1127 1TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 258% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10126000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1097 563 532 549 555 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,263 Write 1,652 Mixed 1,288 SusWrite 569 269% 1,193 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 44.1 146% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 987 DQ Write 861 DQ Mixed 933 697% 927 MB/s
Poor: 172% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 302%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 471GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1651 1670 1445 1101 1096 1101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1687 Write 1667 Mixed 1,342 SusWrite 1344 340% 1,510 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 54.2 175% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,092 DQ Write 984 DQ Mixed 1,059 788% 1,045 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 372%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 696GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 118 95 121 119 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 74.2 Write 98.8 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 114 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 68%

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 way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.4% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 22.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 17.6 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 110%

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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 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: $409

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