Alienware X51 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware X51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0PGRP5
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140317
Uptime6.2 Days
Run DateSep 12 '19 at 11:55
Run Duration167 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing as expected (50th 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
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
78.1% Very good
Memory 86.7
1-Core 113
2-Core 227
80% 142 Pts
4-Core 376
8-Core 578
59% 477 Pts
64-Core 586
36% 586 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
74% Very good
Lighting 88.7
Reflection 110
Parallax 106
72% 102 fps
MRender 94.7
Gravity 91.8
Splatting 96
77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 74%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
96GB free
Firmware: RVT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 302 307 308 315 315 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 468
Write 447
Mixed 426
SusWrite 323
94% 416 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 42
165% 63.6 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 350
267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 105%
Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
233GB free
Firmware: EMT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 300 306 279 101 94 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
99.4% Outstanding
Read 457
Write 334
Mixed 388
SusWrite 242
80% 355 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 43.2
164% 61.2 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 351
266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 99.4%
Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
458GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC47
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 142 119 140 148 159 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
82.9% Excellent
Read 157
Write 187
Mixed 46.7
SusWrite 132
95% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 112%
Imation Nano Pro 8GB
1GB free, PID 0619
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 12.5
8% 12.5 MB/s
4K Read 4
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 5%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
58.4% Above average
MC Read 21.8
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 17.2
57% 20.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 20.6
SC Mixed 20.2
53% 18.7 GB/s
Latency 70.7
57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 58.4%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X51 R2 Builds (Compare 1,591 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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