Alienware X51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware X51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0PGRP5
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	12.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 02:29
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 546 55% 447 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 121 Parallax 103 92% 113 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 88%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 05D7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.72% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 6.04 Parallax 5.94 3% 5.25 fps	MRender 8.52 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.09 5% 6.01 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.72% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 465GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 100 91 (03) Spinup time 138 100 12895846566 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1704 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12084 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1685 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 13016498445 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 304676894 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1777 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1777 (C2) HDA temperature 200 146 176094707742 (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	75.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 133 Mixed 139 102% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 899 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 886 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 199956 (C2) HDA temperature 114 88 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 76 76 18003 (F1) Unknown 200 200 133105576394 (F2) Unknown 200 200 221015073408	68.2% Good	Read 94.1 Write 143 Mixed 144 97% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.21 92% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 109%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 60GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1417 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1697 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 7276 (0A) Spinup retry count 133 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 647 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 651 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11528 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 193274118174 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 99 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 257 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	37.1% Below average	Read 59.9 Write 69.2 Mixed 58.6 47% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 2x8GB 6,401 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.3% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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