Alienware X51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	16GB 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 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware X51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0PGRP5
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	May 06 '18 at 21:26
Run Duration	91 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 567 60% 477 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 39GB free Firmware: DC8110E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1777 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 39359 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1792 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 108269 (F2) Unknown 100 100 152177	83.6% Excellent	Read 504 Write 420 Mixed 441 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 31.2 116% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 65.3 DQ Mixed 17.8 22% 37.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 101%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 685GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2BA30003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 93 91 2417 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2383 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18263 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 106 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1770 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 6716200 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 406577 (C2) HDA temperature 59 43 249109217321 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 10303 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 18181 (F1) Unknown 94 88 9279520 (F2) Unknown 96 88 6649348 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	50% Above average	Read 89 Write 85.2 Mixed 85.4 65% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB 2x8GB 3,233 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 36%

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System: Alienware X51 R2

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	451x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	431x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	187x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	150x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	125x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	42x
LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GBLiteonitBench 83%, 11,477 samples	35x

RAM
HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 5,493 samples	95x
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 53%, 7,464 samples	78x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	73x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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