Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	6.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100730
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 03:54
Run Duration	95 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 81 2-Core 164 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 414 42% 342 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5970 (Crossfire Disabled) 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 17% AMD(1002 2042) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 23.4 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 21.5 19% 19.2 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 18 Splatting 16.3 12% 15 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 19%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 774GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65537 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 92 (03) Spinup time 125 125 21493645632 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1485 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1523 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1523 (C2) HDA temperature 177 177 176094707743 (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 1	63.4% Good	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 111 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.27 84% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 19.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 12.6 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

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