Alienware X51 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.7% 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	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.

System	Alienware X51 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 026CD3
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160421
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 02:28
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th 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-$79 171,457 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 (98^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 181 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 340 44% 332 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.7% Above average	Lighting 71.1 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 62.3 58% 68.3 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 67 54% 66.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 169 2091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 826 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3606 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 820 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4580 (C2) HDA temperature 92 83 51 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3468 (F1) Unknown 200 200 41868180399 (F2) Unknown 200 200 44366697479	81.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 133 Mixed 86.6 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.2 92% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 109%
1 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free, PID 0561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.9% Above average	Read 151 Write 122 Mixed 104 154% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 55%
0 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 59GB free, PID 0561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.3% Above average	Read 134 Write 119 Mixed 102 148% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.23 96% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 28.8 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 21.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 81%

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Gaming 30%

Sail boat

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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System: Alienware X51 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	287x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	155x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	154x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	148x
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	81x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	12x

RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	176x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 68%, 8,569 samples	129x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples	26x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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