Alienware X51 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.7% 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	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150911
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '20 at 23:17
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 210 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 633 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 370 1,494 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Dell(1028 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.50.26 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Lighting 20.5 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 28.5 17% 26.2 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 35.1 23% 26.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 86 80 90 89 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 908 Write 89.3 Mixed 186 SusWrite 89 68% 318 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 30.1 156% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 899 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 259 256% 433 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 147%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 144GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 108 107 106 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 112 Write 103 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 107 64% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 108%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 26%

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System: Alienware X51 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	287x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	156x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	155x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	149x
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	82x
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	130x
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 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16