Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (3rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 97 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 16.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Boot Drive43.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Area-51m  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201021
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 18 '21 at 04:17
Run Duration272 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9700-$260
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Relative performance (0th percentile)
16.1% Very poor
Memory 21.7
1-Core 20.3
2-Core 35.9
16% 26 Pts
4-Core 56.6
8-Core 88.6
9% 72.6 Pts
64-Core 118
7% 118 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 16.1%
Great: 99%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 08C5) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.35
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Lighting 49.8
Reflection 64.3
Parallax 61.9
41% 58.7 fps
Gravity 4.7
Splatting 2.7
3% 3.7 fps
Poor: 58% Great: 99%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PC SN520 NVMe WDC 256GB
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20240012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 233 307 248 257 197 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
43.8% Average
Read 415
Write 363
Mixed 265
SusWrite 259
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 8.3
4K Write 12.8
4K Mixed 6.6
28% 9.23 MB/s
DQ Read 75.9
DQ Write 57.8
DQ Mixed 69.3
51% 67.7 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 43.8%
Great: 184%
PNY CS3030 2TB SSD
2TB free
Firmware: CS303225
SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 304 409 333 420 317 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile)
50.7% Above average
Read 325
Write 540
Mixed 727
SusWrite 362
111% 489 MB/s
4K Read 11.2
4K Write 14.8
4K Mixed 9.9
38% 12 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 71.5
DQ Mixed 107
76% 97.9 MB/s
Poor: 164%
This bench: 50.7%
Great: 315%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56
200GB free
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 41 46 43 43 45 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
22.1% Poor
Read 31.5
Write 67.5
Mixed 47.5
SusWrite 44.8
36% 47.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.5
120% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 22.1%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6D1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
31.9% Below average
MC Read 9.7
MC Write 13.1
MC Mixed 15.9
37% 12.9 GB/s
SC Read 2.5
SC Write 4.8
SC Mixed 4.5
11% 3.93 GB/s
Latency 308
13% 308 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 31.9%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop
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Workstation
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System: Alienware Area-51m

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $410
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