Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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 Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0H869M
Memory	19.5 GB free of 22 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20091028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 21:13
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 975-$550 3,143 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 89.3 2-Core 181 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 460 49% 390 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.54 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 147 Parallax 141 77% 128 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 152 Splatting 115 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 99 99 3033 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 428 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4521711528	68.7% Good	Read 270 Write 215 Mixed 172 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 38 116% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 106 100% 156 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 134%
Seagate ST4000DX001-1CE168 2TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 73573736 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 928 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1370913 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 64 404226072 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1503 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 51539607576 (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 -5493263170834 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1743766145 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18370499932	69.4% Good	Read 91.9 Write 149 Mixed 128 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.79 217% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 92%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 572GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4065 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1503 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27632 (C2) HDA temperature 122 107 25 (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	63.3% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 62.9 70% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 240GB free Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 168 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6435 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 51944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2534 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 359 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6440 (C2) HDA temperature 123 101 27 (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	30.5% Below average	Read 50.6 Write 55.1 Mixed 66.2 44% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 22GB 1,271 User benchmarks, average bench 38% null MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 19.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 13.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 50%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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