Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	132% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '21 at 11:43
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 216 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 760 72% 594 Pts	64-Core 1,216 75% 1,216 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 104%

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: 3450 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 159 Parallax 154 124% 155 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 136 Splatting 118 116% 145 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc601a NVMe SK hynix 512GB 348 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80001111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 582 486 511 599 454 541 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1,372 Write 1,244 Mixed 446 SusWrite 529 200% 897 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 22.9 4K Mixed 24.7 94% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 701 DQ Write 53.2 DQ Mixed 63.5 126% 273 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 232%
Sabrent Rocket XTRM-Q 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 598GB free Firmware: 0Q.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 216 237 273 219 258 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 206 Write 334 Mixed 233 SusWrite 238 57% 253 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 13 4K Mixed 18.2 63% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 48.2 DQ Mixed 83.3 60% 79.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 342%
Ct2000bx 50 2TB 239 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 206 225 259 22 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 401 Write 310 Mixed 316 SusWrite 160 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 10 45% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 97.6 DQ Write 41.6 DQ Mixed 31.7 34% 57 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 93%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 925GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 111 105 112 97 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 135 Write 110 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 108 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 2.6 482% 3 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 70%
Sabrent Rocket XTRM 2TB 61GB free Firmware: RKT401.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 245 261 302 246 351 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GB 13,906 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 21.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.9 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 83%

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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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Workstation 110%

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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