Alienware X51

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Alienware X51 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 08PG26
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120413
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 22:15
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 202 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 485 50% 401 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 3069) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 24.5 Parallax 31.8 21% 27.2 fps	MRender 33.7 Gravity 29.6 Splatting 25.7 24% 29.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 167 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2379 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2365 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2176 (C2) HDA temperature 106 95 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 77 77 16863 (F1) Unknown 200 200 72938998405 (F2) Unknown 200 200 87988351343	39% Below average	Read 76.3 Write 59.4 Mixed 10.2 35% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 74%
PNY ELITE PSSD 240GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 224GB free, PID f009 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 250 Write 228 Mixed 149 257% 209 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 6.96 1,777% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 50.8 DQ Mixed 7.34 2,060% 26.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 242%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 40GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 28.2 Mixed 29.2 38% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.37 39% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 1x8GB 207 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	32% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 9.2 28% 9.87 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 36%

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Gaming 19%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

System: Alienware X51

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	365x
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	88x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	94x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	55x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	18x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	41x
M378B5273CH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 54%, 4,484 samples	27x
M378B1G73CB0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 379 samples	25x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $567

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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