Alienware X51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics9.63% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware X51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0PGRP5
Memory2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140317
Uptime4.8 Days
Run DateAug 23 '19 at 02:02
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
77% Very good
Memory 88.7
1-Core 108
2-Core 186
75% 127 Pts
4-Core 352
8-Core 581
57% 466 Pts
64-Core 580
36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 77%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 645
Nvidia(10DE 1029) 1GB
CLim: 823 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
9.63% Terrible
Lighting 11
Reflection 10.8
Parallax 13.8
9% 11.9 fps
MRender 14.7
Gravity 13.7
Splatting 12.1
11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 9.63%
Great: 10%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
431GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC47
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 54 110 142 146 143 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
79% Very good
Read 161
Write 162
Mixed 76
SusWrite 115
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 79%
Great: 112%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB
912GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 101 100 100 103 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
56.8% Above average
Read 95.8
Write 98.8
Mixed 85
SusWrite 102
71% 95.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.6
181% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 56.8%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
55.5% Above average
MC Read 21
MC Write 20.1
MC Mixed 16.4
55% 19.2 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 19.4
SC Mixed 16.7
48% 16.7 GB/s
Latency 68.8
58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 55.5%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X51 R2 Builds (Compare 1,594 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

System: Alienware X51 R2

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $317
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HDDRAMUSB
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