Alienware X51 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	175% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware X51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 026CD3
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3850 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 13:48
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 199 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 370 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% PNY(196E 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1620 MHz, MLim: 2025 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 67.4 56% 71.6 fps	MRender 83.4 Gravity 66.5 Splatting 63.1 57% 71 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Cx2-8b512-q11 NVMe LITEON 512GB 1,201 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: 48911QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 781 904 855 771 270 651 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 859 Write 697 Mixed 598 SusWrite 705 161% 715 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 56.6 196% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 935 DQ Write 714 DQ Mixed 722 568% 790 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 229%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 929GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 184 180 178 179 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 181 Mixed 81 SusWrite 179 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 8,569 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 26.5 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 22.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 78%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 30%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 26%

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System: Alienware X51 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	286x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	154x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	154x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	148x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	97x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	81x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	12x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	175x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 68%, 8,569 samples	129x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	26x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $378

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) $35	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