Alienware X51 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics96.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (80%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware X51 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 026CD3
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 17 '19 at 07:13
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 80%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
83.4% Excellent
Memory 93.3
1-Core 126
2-Core 233
86% 151 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 623
63% 510 Pts
64-Core 664
41% 664 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
PNY(196E 1215) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
96.7% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 136
Parallax 114
102% 125 fps
MRender 94.8
Gravity 120
Splatting 101
86% 105 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 96.7%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 71 74 60 62 66 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
73.1% Very good
Read 522
Write 128
Mixed 196
SusWrite 71.3
50% 229 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 49
4K Mixed 27.3
90% 31.8 MB/s
DQ Read 743
DQ Write 149
DQ Mixed 234
226% 375 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 147%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 173 174 162 173 174 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
98.6% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 116
Mixed 62.7
SusWrite 171
95% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 98.6%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
79.8% Very good
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 30.4
MC Mixed 26.4
81% 28.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 29.1
SC Mixed 21
64% 22.4 GB/s
Latency 61.5
65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X51 R3 Builds (Compare 677 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 30%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft

System: Alienware X51 R3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $378
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