Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0H869M
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 02:25
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 Xeon W3690-$990 4,808 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 198 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 568 59% 472 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E289) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1108 MHz, MLim: 1410 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 64.9 Parallax 101 63% 81 fps	MRender 64.6 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 84.1 60% 71.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 99 99 2107 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1611 (B1) Unknown 97 97 25 (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 67 62 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 227 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11364334735	50.9% Above average	Read 261 Write 180 Mixed 184 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 18 83% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 46.4 DQ Mixed 38.6 45% 81.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 118%
WD WD2500YS-18SHB1 250GB 652 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 186GB free Firmware: 20.06C07 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 178 5775 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1107 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 21 21 58334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 613 (C2) HDA temperature 111 92 39 (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	19.9% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 35 Mixed 38.2 27% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.41 112% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 36%
WD WD1600HLFS-60G6U2 160GB 3,337 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 98GB free Firmware: 04.04V03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 196 3141 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2082 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1386 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2111 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 86 86 10543 (F1) Unknown 200 200 37631768308 (F2) Unknown 200 200 2166611067	52.5% Above average	Read 78.9 Write 104 Mixed 91.6 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.55 136% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 68%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 15GB free, PID 006a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	7% Terrible	Read 25.5 Write 8.11 Mixed 11.5 16% 15 MB/s	4K Read 5.97 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.002 24% 2 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 57%

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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 $300	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 $45	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