Alienware X51 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 106%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive179% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware X51 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 026CD3
Memory27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190215
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 07 '20 at 06:23
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Memory 90.2
1-Core 129
2-Core 244
87% 154 Pts
4-Core 441
8-Core 608
66% 525 Pts
64-Core 686
42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 164
Reflection 191
Parallax 172
134% 176 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 181
Splatting 123
115% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 122%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
730GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 791 77 140 99 98 131 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
179% Outstanding
Read 1,264
Write 1,188
Mixed 878
SusWrite 223
198% 888 MB/s
4K Read 52
4K Write 168
4K Mixed 73.9
263% 98.1 MB/s
DQ Read 637
DQ Write 884
DQ Mixed 264
338% 595 MB/s
Poor: 127%
This bench: 179%
Great: 255%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB
54GB free, PID 6300
Operating at USB 3.2 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 8.3 11 9.7 11 9.6 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
14.7% Very poor
Read 81.2
Write 16.8
Mixed 16.8
SusWrite 9.1
31% 31 MB/s
4K Read 4
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 14.7%
Great: 35%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
75.7% Very good
MC Read 27.5
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 23.5
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 30.3
SC Mixed 24.2
69% 24.2 GB/s
Latency 66.9
60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X51 R3 Builds (Compare 678 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 30%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft

System: Alienware X51 R3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $378
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HDDRAMUSB
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