Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	77.8% 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	119% 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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	18 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201021
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '21 at 18:00
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 76.6 1-Core 37.9 2-Core 80.5 43% 65 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 267 26% 216 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 53.3% 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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.8% Very good	Lighting 91.2 Reflection 140 Parallax 80.1 74% 104 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 89.5 85% 106 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 321 366 361 360 355 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 1493 Write 1,029 Mixed 1050 SusWrite 387 220% 990 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 25.1 4K Mixed 24.1 89% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 36.5 DQ Mixed 88.4 91% 157 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 332%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 472GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 98 107 105 98 98 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 66 Write 84.7 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 102 57% 77 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.3% 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 way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 24 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 55.8% 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 $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	217x
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	81x

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: $410

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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