Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	181% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200707
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '20 at 01:25
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900-$1,989 11,853 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 88.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 269 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 827 86% 692 Pts	64-Core 1,260 78% 1,260 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 99%

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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 150 Parallax 149 121% 149 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 120 Splatting 101 104% 132 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 752 696 882 730 776 820 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,198 Write 287 Mixed 434 SusWrite 776 149% 674 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 42.3 152% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,005 DQ Write 761 DQ Mixed 812 626% 859 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 332%
Samsung Portable SSD X5 1TB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 884GB free Firmware: 1P3QEXE7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 132 98 64 61 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 1,838 Write 137 Mixed 248 SusWrite 86.5 122% 577 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 3.7 73% 16.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 288%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 109 126 129 135 134 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% 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 (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.4% 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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Workstation 110%

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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	219x
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	187x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	102x

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: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16