Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.7% 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	48.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 17:20
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$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 (94^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 549 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 1954) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	21.7% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 23.4 20% 25.8 fps	MRender 35.7 Gravity 25 Splatting 29.3 24% 30 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 74GB free Firmware: 5.8. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 227339757 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -34102040326710 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 492 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 16 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 81607065630 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 227339757 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 227339757 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 227339757 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 42949672960 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2146 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1647 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1647 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5216	43% Average	Read 517 Write 143 Mixed 185 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 7.01 4K Mixed 12.2 44% 11.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 65%
Liteonit LAT-256M2S 256GB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: PND9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11127 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2439 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 91461 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3936 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 392772688 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5259021	48.5% Average	Read 427 Write 237 Mixed 312 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 11.2 48% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 71.2 DQ Write 37.8 DQ Mixed 22.6 25% 43.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133EL Serie 4x2GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 21.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 72%

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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 $197Bench 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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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $585

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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