Alienware X51

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics20.1% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware X51  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 06G6JW
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120816
Uptime3 Days
Run DateNov 04 '18 at 04:47
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
72.8% Very good
Memory 84.8
1-Core 106
2-Core 191
74% 127 Pts
4-Core 328
8-Core 505
52% 417 Pts
64-Core 511
32% 511 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 72.8%
Great: 76%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15
Dell(1028 0527) 2GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358
Relative performance (0th percentile)
2.17% Terrible
Lighting 2.37
Reflection 3.12
Parallax 1.59
2% 2.36 fps
MRender 3.48
Gravity 1.33
Splatting 4.43
3% 3.08 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 2.17%
Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 660-$170
Nvidia(10DE 098A) 1.5GB
CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
20.1% Poor
Lighting 23.8
Reflection 23.5
Parallax 30.1
19% 25.8 fps
MRender 31.2
Gravity 28
Splatting 21.7
22% 27 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 20.1%
Great: 21%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37
520GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 136 109 34 87 138 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
69.3% Good
Read 138
Write 139
Mixed 69.8
SusWrite 104
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 69.3%
Great: 113%
ADATA HDD SH93 500GB
44GB free, PID a93a
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 25 26 26 26 26 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
10.5% Very poor
Read 25.8
Write 23.6
Mixed 14.1
SusWrite 24.7
29% 22 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.2
22% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 10.5%
Great: 20%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B1G73CB0-CK0 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (38th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
53.5% Above average
MC Read 20.3
MC Write 18.3
MC Mixed 16.3
52% 18.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 16.9
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 72
56% 72 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 53.5%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X51 Builds (Compare 700 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard

System: Alienware X51

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 46% - Average Total price: $567
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