Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 19:08
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 581 62% 492 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 147 Parallax 139 111% 141 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 91% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: X355 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4512 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 683 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17191141508 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 35 150324772893 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 94490198038 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1505 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5579 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4288 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12492 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0
Poor: 62% Great: 107%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 66GB free Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13004 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4871 (B1) Unknown 99 99 32 (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 71 64 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 96 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6317171565	75.9% Very good	Read 512 Write 394 Mixed 443 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 21.5 73% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 75.6 87% 155 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 86%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 315GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 163 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7084 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14984 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5807 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6958 (C2) HDA temperature 110 99 37 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 81 81 14278 (F1) Unknown 200 200 5538736888 (F2) Unknown 200 200 3873997183	65% Good	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 111 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.49 143% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 75%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 68GB free Firmware: DEM3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21288430 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5483 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4460388048 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5411 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51718 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 36 21288430 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 192 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 86547885995502 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2468446625 (F2) Unknown 100 253 718661546 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	38.6% Below average	Read 67.9 Write 66.6 Mixed 81.6 55% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.19 55% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 23GB free Firmware: DEM4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128851731 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9647682 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15244 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5469 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 440 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 88262 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 42949672991 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 43 128851731 (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 20478404077026 (F1) Unknown 100 253 279988268 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1402030557 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	55.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 89.4 Mixed 86.6 70% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.36 91% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 61%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	169x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	94x
Core i5-2300IntelBench 64%, 19,722 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	34x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	9x

RAM
M378B5273CH0 4x4GBSamsungBench 49%, 117 samples	13x
HMT351U6BFR8 4x4GBHynixBench 49%, 61 samples	9x
HMT41GU7BFR8 HMT351U6CFR8 HMT451U6DFR8 HMT351U6EFR8 20GBHynixBench 56%, 12 samples	9x

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Total price: $585

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 $179	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) $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