Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.8% 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	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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0H869M
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20091028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 17:02
Run Duration	337 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-950-$100 36,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 80.4 2-Core 158 68% 111 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 362 40% 312 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 25.2 22% 22.5 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 21.2 Splatting 19.1 15% 17.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AN10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 61 60 11974 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 918 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 151 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 15207 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 163209609238 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 57 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2134	55.2% Above average	Read 86.1 Write 106 Mixed 58.1 62% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.27 59% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 731GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1007 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 927 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 68 319619091 (C2) HDA temperature 75 64 420282393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 286833 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 69 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	58.9% Above average	Read 94 Write 111 Mixed 102 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.44 102% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 293GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 166 6541 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6447 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14797 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3058 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1001 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6448 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 32 (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 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.2% Average	Read 81.4 Write 68.7 Mixed 61 53% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 69%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20.07P20 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 157 5025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2738 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2382 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 34 (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 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.4% Below average	Read 54 Write 58.6 Mixed 51.1 41% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 47%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 32GB 4,876 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 30GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	8.41% Terrible	Read 21 Write 5.36 Mixed 8.14 12% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.72 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 1.22 92% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.41% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 19.2 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 12.7 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 59%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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