Alienware X51 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	231% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware X51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 026CD3
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, , 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190529
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '22 at 05:24
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 700 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 173 Parallax 163 124% 163 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 170 Splatting 119 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$140 12,308 User benchmarks, average bench 232% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT303.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 896 988 1029 960 1045 1025 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 986 Write 1,246 Mixed 1,158 SusWrite 990 248% 1,095 MB/s	4K Read 52.2 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 76.3 261% 95.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,285 DQ Write 985 DQ Mixed 1131 847% 1,134 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 303%
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$30 11,181 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 193GB free Firmware: 0204 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 42 42 40 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	14.8% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 41.6 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 40.8 9% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 6.7 34% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 19.5 DQ Mixed 7.4 8% 13.8 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 223%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 503GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 124 125 125 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	67% Good	Read 109 Write 104 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 125 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 75%
Innostor Ext. HDD 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2TB free, PID 0611 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 209 217 178 211 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 210 Write 157 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 195 212% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 67%
ST4000DM 004-2CV104 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 992GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 35 36 37 37 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.1% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 31.4 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 35.6 46% 34 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 46% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
A-Tech 2x16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 94%

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

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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 i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	156x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	155x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	149x
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	82x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	12x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	176x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 68%, 8,569 samples	130x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	27x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16