Alienware Aurora-R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.2% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0RV30W
Memory	2.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 19:50
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	MAR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 97.6 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 181 74% 123 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 434 48% 377 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 843B) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 23.4 Parallax 33.2 20% 27.1 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 29 Splatting 24.5 23% 28.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 460GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232156255 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 249718252 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2685 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 505282590 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 10 232156255 (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 -138564234880912 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4110096614 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2239001755	66.9% Good	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 104 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.65 135% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 443GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 39121165 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8273 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 218922829 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2685 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098501 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 555679776 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 23 39121165 (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 -79151952277589 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3461041712 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1425939046	62.3% Good	Read 117 Write 101 Mixed 93.6 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 2x2GB 1,255 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM 1710 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 7.9 26% 9.17 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 10.5 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 53%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R2

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	27x
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	11x
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	8x
HD 5870AMDBench 19%, 10,176 samples	5x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	5x

SSD
Solid State Disk 1TBSpccBench 79%, 17,192 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x

RAM
M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 8GBSamsungBench 38%, 12 samples	3x
M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 12GBSamsungBench 46%, 31 samples	3x
CT51264BD160BJ.M8F Reboto DDR3 4gb CT51264BD160BJ.C8F Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 16GBUnknownBench 22%, 8 samples	3x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $398

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16