Alienware X51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware X51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0PGRP5
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 16:53
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 77.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 194 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 516 53% 427 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 05D7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.43% Terrible	Lighting 3.57 Reflection 5.77 Parallax 5.56 3% 4.97 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 6.7 4% 5.31 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.43% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC8110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 254823 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1984 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 544160 (F2) Unknown 100 100 388753	75.5% Very good	Read 485 Write 413 Mixed 443 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 18 98% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 64.7 DQ Mixed 16.9 22% 36.9 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 101%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 791GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 180 1866 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15882 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10855 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (BF) G-sense error rate 96 96 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 128 128 216705 (C2) HDA temperature 105 94 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 762 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1661607247 (F2) Unknown 200 200 874871945 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	52.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 77.7 Mixed 80 65% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC64B8HB0NF-DI 1x8GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.4% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 6.9 23% 7.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 6 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 34%

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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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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 36%

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System: Alienware X51 R2

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	447x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	430x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	185x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	150x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	123x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	42x
LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GBLiteonitBench 83%, 11,477 samples	35x

RAM
HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 5,493 samples	95x
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 53%, 7,464 samples	78x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	73x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $317

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