Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	17.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190905
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 11:53
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$260 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 71.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 272 85% 159 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 836 86% 694 Pts	64-Core 1,009 62% 1,009 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 99%

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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 117 Parallax 114 84% 111 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 111 Splatting 95.1 98% 123 fps
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 99%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,835 Write 1,762 Mixed 1,388 370% 1,662 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 57.7 188% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,193 DQ Write 1,022 DQ Mixed 1,139 845% 1,118 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
Nvme PM981a Sams 256GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 4GB free Firmware: 15302029 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,659 Write 1,183 Mixed 1,248 302% 1,363 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 54.5 190% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,005 DQ Write 1,120 DQ Mixed 1,137 836% 1,088 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 261%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 100GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 65.5 Write 87.2 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 89.1 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.1 171% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 68%

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 (10^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 97.9 41% 97.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.2% 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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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