Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.9% 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	208% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211111
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '22 at 18:25
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 993 92% 767 Pts	64-Core 1,422 88% 1,422 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.7% 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: 511.23 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 139 Parallax 120 99% 127 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 93.5 90% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 711 716 726 727 718 749 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,807 Write 691 Mixed 657 SusWrite 724 214% 970 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 45 164% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1008 DQ Write 844 DQ Mixed 798 633% 883 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 332%
Samsung Portable SSD X5 1TB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 883GB free Firmware: 1P3QEXE7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 142 92 65 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 844 Write 131 Mixed 223 SusWrite 89.9 69% 322 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 3.2 81% 18.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 288%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 86 133 134 132 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 109 Write 72.4 Mixed 107 SusWrite 115 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 2.9 455% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 64.7% 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 as expected (41^st percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 24.4 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.4 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 89%

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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 $45	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