Alienware X51 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.37% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware X51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 026CD3
Memory	3.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150911
Uptime	14.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '21 at 18:10
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (51^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 550 60% 476 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60 26,874 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	8.37% Terrible	Lighting 12.2 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 10.1 10% 12.2 fps	MRender 9.9 Gravity 12 Splatting 0.2 5% 7.37 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.37% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 918GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 41 60 40 82 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 81.4 Write 55.9 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 57.7 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 114%
HGST TOURO S 1TB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 575GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 110 114 113 113 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 128 Write 108 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 112 123% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 51%
HGST TOURO Mobile 500GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 244GB free, PID 1024 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 96 103 100 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 94.4 Write 87.9 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 102 107% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 97%

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

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Gaming 30%

Sail boat

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

Raft

System: Alienware X51 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	288x
Core i5-6400Intel $77Bench 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 $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16