Alienware X51

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 32%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware X51  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 06G6JW
Memory2.6 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20121227
Uptime1.6 Days
Run DateOct 21 '17 at 16:49
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
73.2% Very good
Memory 88.6
1-Core 104
2-Core 202
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 314
8-Core 466
49% 390 Pts
64-Core 458
28% 458 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
60.9% Good
Lighting 76.3
Reflection 75.2
Parallax 65.4
62% 72.3 fps
MRender 70.6
Gravity 70.2
Splatting 72.1
58% 71 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 60.9%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
438GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
76.5% Very good
Read 139
Write 127
Mixed 115
95% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.86
4K Write 2.48
4K Mixed 0.2
104% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 109%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 128GB
85GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
44.1% Average
Read 132
Write 99.3
Mixed 25.9
96% 85.7 MB/s
4K Read 4.52
4K Write 0.72
4K Mixed 0.59
61% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 44.1%
Great: 117%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-PB 830B NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 6GB
1600, 1600 MHz
2048, 4096 MB
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
43.8% Average
MC Read 16.3
MC Write 14.7
MC Mixed 13.2
42% 14.7 GB/s
SC Read 12.6
SC Write 13.7
SC Mixed 13.1
38% 13.1 GB/s
Latency 68.9
58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 43.8%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X51 Builds (Compare 690 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard

System: Alienware X51

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 46% - Average Total price: $567
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HDDRAMUSB
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