Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.38% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 04VWF2
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100209
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 20:02
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 930-$249 19,497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 76 2-Core 149 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 375 39% 315 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5670 18,196 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 68E0) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.38% Terrible	Lighting 7.73 Reflection 8.81 Parallax 6.12 6% 7.56 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 9.26 6% 7.84 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.38% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 855GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 174 173 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 217 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 41738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 91 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 13 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 197 171 781 (F0) Head flying hours 47 47 38785 (F1) Unknown 200 200 33402857615 (F2) Unknown 200 200 18998039945	62.2% Good	Read 113 Write 104 Mixed 113 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.44 124% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 194GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 1352 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 453 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79238797 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 426 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 57 487718938 (C2) HDA temperature 26 43 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 27 1352 (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 62818191683759 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2938756608 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1883063260	74.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 132 Mixed 122 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.72 126% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 6 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	43.3% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 12.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 61%

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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 $249Bench 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	15x
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 $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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