Alienware X51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware X51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0PGRP5
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '19 at 16:17
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 85.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 233 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 667 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1138) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.2% Below average	Lighting 42.4 Reflection 41.3 Parallax 38.2 35% 40.6 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 34.7 30% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 36%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 05D7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4280 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 165 172 177 172 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 140 Mixed 36.9 SusWrite 172 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB 7,869 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	186x

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	124x

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