Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	216% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	56 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190531
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 23:42
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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 i9-9900K-$412 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 89.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 1034 94% 789 Pts	64-Core 1,522 94% 1,522 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 3,498 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Dell(1028 08C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.3% Very good	Lighting 88.5 Reflection 97.6 Parallax 87.5 72% 91.2 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 81 Splatting 77 76% 95 fps
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1043 854 846 856 853 822 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,330 Write 1,984 Mixed 1,554 SusWrite 879 325% 1,437 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 58.8 195% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,226 DQ Write 975 DQ Mixed 1,091 819% 1,097 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 297%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$192 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 1.5TB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1287 1348 1411 1323 1405 1422 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 833 Write 366 Mixed 931 SusWrite 1,366 198% 874 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 62.1 206% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 992 DQ Write 712 DQ Mixed 325 386% 676 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 282%
WDC WDS 100T2B0A-00S 1TB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 928GB free Firmware: 4010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 384 389 375 388 390 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 371 Write 365 Mixed 292 SusWrite 381 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 25.2 83% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 91.5 DQ Write 97 DQ Mixed 97.8 73% 95.4 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 77%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 807GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 455 450 459 458 441 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 476 Write 444 Mixed 362 SusWrite 453 320% 434 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 40.1 6,716% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 232 2,384% 289 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2666 C18 4x16GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 23.1 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 25.9 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 89%

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Workstation 110%

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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	216x
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	80x

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: $412

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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