Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0DF1G9
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 19:26
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$196 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 206 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 525 60% 467 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PNY(196E 11D8) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Lighting 72.4 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 61.3 59% 68.1 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 67.7 56% 67.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 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 (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 911 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12646 (AA) Unknown 100 100 116 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589845 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 6323 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1742	38.5% Below average	Read 263 Write 176 Mixed 185 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 8.47 55% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 38.1 DQ Mixed 8.14 13% 24.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 91%
WD Purple Surveillance 1TB (2017)-$45 9,464 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 156GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 132 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 157 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 151 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 26 (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	68.2% Good	Read 134 Write 103 Mixed 105 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.24 93% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 89%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 149GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 171 1550 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 591 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 919 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 561 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1656 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 27 (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	60.6% Good	Read 145 Write 65.9 Mixed 93.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston K66GKY-ETB 2x8GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 60%

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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 $196Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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