Alienware X51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.6% 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	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware X51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0PGRP5
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '19 at 21:41
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 83.5 2-Core 175 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 313 42% 313 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8620) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 132 Parallax 124 98% 125 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 119 Splatting 102 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Axiom C560 Series SSD 128GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0821D SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 84 97 75 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 475 Write 149 Mixed 202 SusWrite 88.8 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 18.4 4K Mixed 26.3 80% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 151 126% 184 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 79%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 238GB 2,635 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 59GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 224 227 227 223 217 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 405 Write 270 Mixed 290 SusWrite 211 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 33.3 122% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 250 195% 268 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 101%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 106GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 38 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 35.7 Mixed 32 SusWrite 37.5 27% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 18.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

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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	448x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	430x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	187x

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	124x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $332

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16