Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	15.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '17 at 21:29
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 X 990-$499 4,994 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 82.3 2-Core 170 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 453 45% 368 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 585GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33753 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 42 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17618221520	68.5% Good	Read 268 Write 214 Mixed 220 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 29.7 122% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 21.5 57% 123 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 554GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 31388 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 61 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26247617488	58.3% Above average	Read 269 Write 214 Mixed 218 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 22.8 108% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 36.9 DQ Write 64.7 DQ Mixed 22.5 25% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 537GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 32559 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 43 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 73 58 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15919538734	59.4% Above average	Read 269 Write 214 Mixed 220 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 22.9 112% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 63.6 DQ Mixed 22.3 25% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 133%
ST3000DM 001-9YN166 3TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 567GB free, PID 0700 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.7% Below average	Read 79.5 Write 89.5 Mixed 95.6 117% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.17 46% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x4GB 28,320 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6 of 6 slots used 24GB DIMM Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	47% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.1 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 61%

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Gaming 22%

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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 $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 $295	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 $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