Alienware X51

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12% 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	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0KM92T
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 17:23
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 203 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 516 56% 445 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 555 717 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 0958) 1GB CLim: 736 MHz, MLim: 957 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 12.1 12% 14.4 fps	MRender 18.5 Gravity 13.8 Splatting 14.7 13% 15.7 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$115 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 676 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 911 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 34826 (A5) Unknown 100 100 98 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 263 (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 100 100 10 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 137839 (F2) Unknown 100 100 150452 (F5) Unknown 100 100 278608	59.3% Above average	Read 265 Write 256 Mixed 259 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 27.1 82% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 67.9 76% 129 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 397GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 1991 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 300 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 400 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1370 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 34 (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 100 253 0	44.4% Average	Read 77.1 Write 77.3 Mixed 73.6 57% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 2x4GB 4,484 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 61%

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Gaming 19%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

System: Alienware X51

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	365x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	88x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	94x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	55x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	18x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	41x
M378B5273CH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 54%, 4,484 samples	27x
M378B1G73CB0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 379 samples	25x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $567

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 $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 $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