Alienware X51 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware X51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 026CD3
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 11:09
Run Duration	88 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 533 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 1982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 82.9 Reflection 87.7 Parallax 75.8 68% 82.1 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 76.5 Splatting 69.8 61% 75 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 444GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0004SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49134544 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13755 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 26 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34609520124 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 37 8689 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032894 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 505151517 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 133 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 335 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 647977 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 42949672989 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 33 49134544 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -30124900593962 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4144289423 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3145567878 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	53.1% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 88 Mixed 92.4 70% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.36 89% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 8,569 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 27.6 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 26.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 78%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 26%

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System: Alienware X51 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	287x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	155x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	154x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	148x
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	81x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	12x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	176x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 68%, 8,569 samples	129x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	26x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16