Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	110% 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.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190522
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '20 at 05:28
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	MKD-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$439 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 310 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 1090 103% 851 Pts	64-Core 1,583 98% 1,583 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 103% 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: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 154 Parallax 163 125% 157 fps	MRender 166 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 102 89% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1470 Write 1,318 Mixed 905 273% 1,231 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 54.2 181% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,116 DQ Write 617 DQ Mixed 603 519% 779 MB/s
Poor: 112% Great: 248%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 137GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 76 83 81 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 98.8 Mixed 26 SusWrite 82.5 54% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 61% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.2% 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 below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.8% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 23.7 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 89%

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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 $439Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	219x
Core i7-9700KIntel $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	186x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	101x

GPU
RTX 2080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 112%, 4,380 samples	206x
GeForce RTX 2070NvidiaBench 89%, 5,557 samples	94x
RTX 2070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 88%, 23,316 samples	82x

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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $439

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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