Alienware X51 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	146% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware X51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 026CD3
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '18 at 05:33
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

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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 i5-6400-$75 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 196 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 402 50% 384 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% HP(103C 82FC) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.1% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 54.7 54% 61.4 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 60.5 Splatting 62.2 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB 3,510 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 503 524 576 601 584 604 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 702 Write 494 Mixed 498 SusWrite 565 127% 565 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 45.4 181% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 696 DQ Write 570 DQ Mixed 481 401% 582 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 176%
SanDisk Wireless Stick 256GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 226GB free, PID 55a9 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 9.6 11 10 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	5.47% Terrible	Read 11.5 Write 9.5 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 10.4 14% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.8 47% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.47% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 83%

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

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Gaming 30%

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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	288x
Core i5-6400Intel $75Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	156x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	156x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	150x
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	83x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	12x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	176x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 68%, 8,569 samples	131x
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 $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