Alienware X51 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	10.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware X51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 026CD3
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150911
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '16 at 06:04
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 167 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 257 33% 250 Pts	64-Core 276 17% 276 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60 26,874 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Lighting 13.3 Reflection 13.2 Parallax 9.97 11% 12.1 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 9.9 Splatting 14.3 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Expansion+ 1TB 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 822GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 102 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.35 100% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 71%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 625GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA7S0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698550 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 134 134 206159806505 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1466464384 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1860878374	71.5% Very good	Read 155 Write 94.3 Mixed 154 102% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.17 82% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x16GB 3,191 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 28 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 89%

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Gaming 30%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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System: Alienware X51 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	287x
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	176x
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