Alienware X51 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Alienware X51 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0PGRP5
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170320
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '22 at 20:53
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$132 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 182 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 485 50% 406 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 108 Parallax 98.2 79% 101 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 97.7 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 301 230 206 183 180 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 442 Mixed 339 SusWrite 229 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 42.8 141% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 327 247% 331 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 134%
Micron Crucial X6 SSD 2TB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 858GB free Firmware: PMAP SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 204 210 50 54 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 240 Write 349 Mixed 236 SusWrite 126 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 22.1 72% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 128 97% 129 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 87%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$80 4,559 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 29GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 73 73 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 87.7 Write 88.7 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 72.8 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 58%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$45 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 189GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 99 97 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 88.9 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 99 63% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 62%
SABRENT 500GB 1,200 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 83GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 74 76 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	52% Above average	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 38 SusWrite 74.9 59% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 63%
Seagate ST500VT000-1DK142 500GB 8,025 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 21GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 65 67 69 71 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	37% Below average	Read 63.6 Write 56.4 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 65.5 41% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 72% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 63%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 121 122 122 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 46 SusWrite 119 133% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 49%
SABRENT DISK00 500GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 201GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 62 68 68 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 66 Write 61 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 65.2 77% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 176%
SABRENT DISK01 500GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 289GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 63 68 68 67 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 93.6 Write 85.3 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 66.3 100% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 155%
SABRENT DISK02 500GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 89GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 2 2.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 47.6 Write 47.7 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 5 41% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 59% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 162%
SABRENT DISK03 1TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 516GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 1 0.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	23% Poor	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 3.7 88% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 191%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 2x8GB 5,493 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 60%

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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 $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	455x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	434x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	187x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	182x
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	151x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	125x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $72Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	42x
LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GBLiteonitBench 83%, 11,477 samples	35x

RAM
HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 5,493 samples	96x
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 53%, 7,464 samples	80x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	74x

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Total price: $321

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363