Alienware X51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics10.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
SystemAlienware X51 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0PGRP5
Memory4.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20170320
Uptime2.5 Days
Run DateJan 14 '18 at 01:53
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 79%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
71% Very good
Memory 81.4
1-Core 98.2
2-Core 176
69% 119 Pts
4-Core 327
8-Core 515
52% 421 Pts
64-Core 548
34% 548 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 71%
Great: 80%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92
Nvidia(10DE 105F) 2GB
CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13
Relative performance (0th percentile)
10.9% Very poor
Lighting 13.7
Reflection 8.69
Parallax 11.3
11% 11.3 fps
MRender 15.2
Gravity 11.8
Splatting 11.3
10% 12.8 fps
Poor: 16%
This bench: 10.9%
Great: 19%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Dell(1028 05D7) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4280
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
3.74% Terrible
Lighting 3.77
Reflection 6.23
Parallax 5.84
3% 5.28 fps
MRender 8.24
Gravity 2.43
Splatting 7.43
5% 6.04 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.74%
Great: 3%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
689GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
78% Very good
Read 151
Write 121
Mixed 128
100% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.67
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.2
79% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 78%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
51.2% Above average
MC Read 18.8
MC Write 19.3
MC Mixed 16.1
52% 18.1 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 17.6
SC Mixed 14
40% 14 GB/s
Latency 78.1
51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 51.2%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X51 R2 Builds (Compare 1,593 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

System: Alienware X51 R2

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $317
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