Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	59.8% 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	33.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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 (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	18.3 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101110
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 19:34
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 83.6 1-Core 44.5 2-Core 75.2 46% 67.8 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 426 32% 290 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.8% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 83.5 53% 79.2 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 90.7 72% 88.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: X310 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4936 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1688 (A5) Unknown 100 100 579933963687 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 55 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 28 (AE) Unknown 100 100 78 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 45 193274576928 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622927390214 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6546 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15143 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9556 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17090 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	33.5% Below average	Read 239 Write 124 Mixed 115 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 7.13 53% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 32.3 DQ Mixed 27.4 20% 26.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 134GB free Firmware: JC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92398053 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5164 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 211152608 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8892 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3214 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098373 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 471203868 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 27 92398053 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 140269336938722 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2099972474 (F2) Unknown 100 253 814965639	39.9% Below average	Read 72.8 Write 66.2 Mixed 64 51% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 68%
Generic USB Flash Disk 8GB 1,201 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 6GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.88% Terrible	Read 23.6 Write 8.41 Mixed 6.3 13% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.64 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 0.11 26% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.88% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 14GB 9,406 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 10.4 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 52%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 18%

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System: Alienware Aurora

CPU
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	218x
Core i7 930Intel $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	87x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	51x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	34x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	32x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GBSamsungBench 85%, 3,736 samples	12x

RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	80x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	73x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	64x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $249

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