Alienware X51 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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 Drive	119% 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.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware X51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 026CD3
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190529
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '20 at 22:50
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 705 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 182 Parallax 174 135% 174 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 176 Splatting 122 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 289 302 302 303 302 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 365 Mixed 437 SusWrite 294 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 65.2 212% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 239 208% 311 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 19.9 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 21.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 30%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 26%

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System: Alienware X51 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	288x
Core i5-6400Intel $70Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	156x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	156x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	150x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	97x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	83x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	12x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	176x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 68%, 8,569 samples	131x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	27x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $417

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16