Alienware X51 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 110%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics125% 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 Drive118% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware X51 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 026CD3
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190529
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 21 '20 at 19:13
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th 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 way above expectations (92nd percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Memory 89.6
1-Core 129
2-Core 221
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 687
72% 575 Pts
64-Core 703
44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (59th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 187
Parallax 186
142% 182 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 175
Splatting 118
112% 138 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB
166GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 239 288 289 289 289 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 483
Write 458
Mixed 436
SusWrite 280
93% 414 MB/s
4K Read 45.4
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 61.7
211% 75.5 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 360
272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 118%
Great: 126%
Sony Storage Media 64GB
36GB free, PID 05b8
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 29 26 31 32 32 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
25% Poor
Read 97.5
Write 10.7
Mixed 10.2
SusWrite 29.4
36% 36.9 MB/s
4K Read 4.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.3
64% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 25%
Great: 33%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
76.2% Very good
MC Read 27.9
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 23.3
76% 26.7 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 31.1
SC Mixed 23.7
70% 24.4 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 76.2%
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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