Alienware X51 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.9% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware X51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 026CD3
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '18 at 12:00
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 117 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 647 66% 531 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 191 Parallax 176 141% 180 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 186 Splatting 126 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV500M8120G 120GB 1,552 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 003056RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 56 60 73 65 70 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 408 Write 320 Mixed 314 SusWrite 75.8 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 31.6 137% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 72.5 DQ Mixed 104 88% 134 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 83%
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 111GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 132 142 142 144 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 421 Write 391 Mixed 330 SusWrite 161 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 40.8 142% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 186 165% 245 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 341GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 147 149 148 149 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 142 Write 111 Mixed 76 SusWrite 148 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 694GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 124 125 124 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 89.3 Write 116 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 121 72% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.6 176% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 64%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 500GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 52.3 Write 53.8 Mixed 27 55% 44.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 2x4GB 2,652 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 21.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 77%

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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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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 26%

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System: Alienware X51 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	287x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	155x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 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 $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 $184	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