Alienware X51 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.5% 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 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Alienware X51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0PGRP5
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 17:09
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 254 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 668 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1138) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 44.5 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 39.1 36% 42.4 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 35.2 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131072 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169895 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 835 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 835 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 835 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 835 (C2) HDA temperature 177 177 206158626847 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 99 99 8943 (F1) Unknown 100 100 59732597049 (F2) Unknown 100 100 69535944392	57.9% Above average	Read 168 Write 33.9 Mixed 54.2 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.14 58% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,115 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	40% Below average	Read 98.2 Write 97.2 Mixed 21.6 85% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 44%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 500GB 191 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 465GB free, PID 61f3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	340% Outstanding	Read 328 Write 335 Mixed 294 410% 319 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 23.9 3,275% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35 DQ Write 76.9 DQ Mixed 24 3,560% 45.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 340% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GB 1,055 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.6% 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	447x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	429x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	185x

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	123x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	43x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	77x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	73x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $317

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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