Alienware X51

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics19.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 06G6JW
Memory7.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131104
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateFeb 23 '22 at 16:51
Run Duration189 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
75.3% Very good
Memory 84.2
1-Core 103
2-Core 191
73% 126 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 497
54% 430 Pts
64-Core 501
31% 501 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 76%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15
Dell(1028 0527) 2GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358
Relative performance (0th percentile)
2.13% Terrible
Lighting 2.7
Reflection 2.8
Parallax 1.6
2% 2.37 fps
MRender 3.1
Gravity 1.3
Splatting 2.8
2% 2.4 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 2.13%
Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 660-$170
Nvidia(10DE 098A) 1.5GB
CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 471.41
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
19.2% Very poor
Lighting 21.8
Reflection 24.9
Parallax 32.2
18% 26.3 fps
MRender 30.3
Gravity 28.6
Splatting 23.3
22% 27.4 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 19.2%
Great: 21%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28
231GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 86 66 38 38 38 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
60% Above average
Read 158
Write 134
Mixed 71.7
SusWrite 50.8
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.1
210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 60%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 8C26 TIMETEC-UD3-1333 12GB
1600, 1333 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
33.3% Below average
MC Read 11.3
MC Write 10.5
MC Mixed 9.9
30% 10.6 GB/s
SC Read 10.7
SC Write 12.1
SC Mixed 10.9
32% 11.2 GB/s
Latency 73.1
55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 16%
This bench: 33.3%
Great: 33%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X51 Builds (Compare 698 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard

System: Alienware X51

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 46% - Average Total price: $567
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