Alienware X51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.65% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Alienware X51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0PGRP5
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131118
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '16 at 20:02
Run Duration	364 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 192 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 363 47% 357 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 645 4,869 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Nvidia(10DE 1029) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5582 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	9.65% Terrible	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 13.2 9% 11.8 fps	MRender 14.5 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 12.2 10% 12.5 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.65% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 765GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153228896 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 814 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 90083482 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3645 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 814 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 605224996 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23794 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 64424509476 (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 100 253 61448097107460 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9421621043 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22817434897	95.9% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 158 Mixed 175 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 112%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	4.7% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 3.06 Mixed 4.1 8% 8.78 MB/s	4K Read 5.23 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.005 20% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.7% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 2x4GB 6,798 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 18.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 21 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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