Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	115% 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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	31.1 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '19 at 09:24
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	38%

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 i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 83.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 290 88% 164 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 989 96% 792 Pts	64-Core 1,012 63% 1,012 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070 (Mobile) 23,316 User benchmarks, average bench 88% Dell(1028 08C5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 132 Parallax 124 100% 126 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 121 Splatting 111 109% 137 fps
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 99%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80006E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 301 287 284 279 276 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 917 Write 486 Mixed 915 SusWrite 292 146% 652 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 37.9 135% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 546 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 280 250% 382 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 167%
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 241GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 308 298 297 299 299 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 396 Write 349 Mixed 257 SusWrite 304 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 20.9 77% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 238 196% 283 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 103%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$146 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 367 364 370 368 372 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 382 Write 349 Mixed 335 SusWrite 367 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 29.7 97% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 249 202% 288 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA851S6JJR6N-VK 859B0000802C CT16G4SFD8266.C16FD1 80AD000080AD HMA851S6JJR6N-VK 859B0000802C CT16G4SFD8266.C16FD1 40GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 16384, 4096, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 77%

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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