Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.6% 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	59.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 20:02
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (58^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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 89.7 2-Core 179 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 453 48% 381 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6990 (Crossfire Disabled) 1,222 User benchmarks, average bench 21% AMD(1002 1B2A) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Lighting 26 Reflection 21.6 Parallax 24.7 21% 24.1 fps	MRender 19.3 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 26.9 19% 23.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0918B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 234 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 675 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 137 (A3) Unknown 100 100 28 (A4) Unknown 100 100 87431 (A5) Unknown 100 100 118 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 14 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7146 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 78133 (F2) Unknown 100 100 72221 (F5) Unknown 100 100 174862	59.4% Above average	Read 513 Write 196 Mixed 284 72% 331 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 16.7 77% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 65.6 57% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 90%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 801GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 230 222 8500 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1358 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 733 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1356 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 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 85 85 11307 (F1) Unknown 200 200 3790541062 (F2) Unknown 200 200 1682551791	56.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 95.4 Mixed 88.5 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.42 122% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 76%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 755GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 115 115 25791430986 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2637 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1926 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2641 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2641 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 193274642463 (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 200 200 0	74.4% Very good	Read 120 Write 140 Mixed 119 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.41 100% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 74%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 41GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 2008 (04) Start/Stop count 18 18 82714 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 851 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1667 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 133847 (C2) HDA temperature 124 103 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	43.6% Average	Read 70.2 Write 81.5 Mixed 82.1 59% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0 4x4GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 52%

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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 $187Bench 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 $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $593

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16