Alienware X51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware X51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0PGRP5
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150713
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '16 at 13:39
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 579 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 352E) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7563 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.98% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.92 Parallax 1.94 2% 2.42 fps	MRender 3.1 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 2.22 2% 2.54 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.98% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 852GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38861440 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 43211262669 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 33 33 67 (BE) vendor-specific 56 48 756285484 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21062 (C2) HDA temperature 44 52 68719476780 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -95017561479083 (F1) Unknown 100 253 57550848589 (F2) Unknown 100 253 59748089235	100% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 185 Mixed 149 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.38 102% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
Adata S107 USB 3.0 32GB-$40 125 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 25GB free, PID 317a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 109 Write 52.8 Mixed 78 94% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.86 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 1.01 94% 3.25 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 32%
Sony Storage Media 16GB 561 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 11GB free, PID 05b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 73.7 Write 9.52 Mixed 18.5 31% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.16 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.03 40% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 26%

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)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 63%

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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	429x
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 $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	43x
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	77x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	73x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $336

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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