Alienware X51 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11% 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	95.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	Alienware X51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 026CD3
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 17:52
Run Duration	340 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	79.2% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 193 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 399 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 71%

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 CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Lighting 13.8 Reflection 13 Parallax 10 11% 12.3 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 14.3 10% 12.5 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871b M.2 2280 256GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: MVT22D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 47 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 65 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 625 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 38 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2414394182 (F2) Unknown 99 99 382992017	95.6% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 460 Mixed 499 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 26.4 153% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 28.8 33% 55.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 112%
WDC WD75 00AACS-65D6B0 750GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 298GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.1% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 30.5 Mixed 9.9 29% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.33 83% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 19%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 32GB 4,876 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 25GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	5.55% Terrible	Read 14 Write 4.07 Mixed 10.1 11% 9.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.73 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 1.25 76% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.55% Great: 14%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 23.1 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 21.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 78%

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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 $130Bench 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