Alienware X51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% 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 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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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, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140317
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 14:32
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 226 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 580 62% 493 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 96.7 83% 103 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 96.5 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 96GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 313 314 314 315 314 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 454 Mixed 424 SusWrite 324 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 41.4 164% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 350 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 241 114 77 63 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 416 Mixed 389 SusWrite 154 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 51.7 186% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 355 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 467GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 152 158 161 150 151 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 188 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 153 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 112%
JetFlash Transcend 4GB 970 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	4.33% Terrible	Read 12.8 Write 5.3 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 5.7 8% 7.07 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.33% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 2x8GB 1,252 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 63%

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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%

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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	185x

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	123x

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