Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190905
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '20 at 22:41
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 72.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 256 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 820 78% 642 Pts	64-Core 1,069 66% 1,069 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060 (Mobile) 119,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Dell(1028 08C5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 93.3 Reflection 106 Parallax 92.5 76% 97.4 fps	Gravity 85.6 Splatting 83 74% 84.3 fps
Poor: 49% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg30zms256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 7,395 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: ADDA0105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 197 221 177 174 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 820 Write 159 Mixed 318 SusWrite 201 82% 375 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 49.4 152% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 653 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 211 220% 374 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 141%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 278GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 90 91 98 95 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 48.8 Write 70 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 91.7 48% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 70%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 004a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 8.4 9.6 8.6 9.7 9.6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	9.1% Terrible	Read 32 Write 4.7 Mixed 3.7 SusWrite 9.1 12% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 39% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.1% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6D1 2x8GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 19.6 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 14.6 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 96.5 41% 96.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 84%

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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $439Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	219x
Core i7-9700KIntel $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	186x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	101x

GPU
RTX 2080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 112%, 4,380 samples	206x
GeForce RTX 2070NvidiaBench 89%, 5,557 samples	94x
RTX 2070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 88%, 23,316 samples	82x

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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $439

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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