Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.9% 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 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '18 at 01:31
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 191 78% 131 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 483 52% 410 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1564 MHz, MLim: 1808 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Lighting 90.2 Reflection 93 Parallax 90.5 74% 91.2 fps	MRender 85.6 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 74 65% 80 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 7216584 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -96619584284728 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1422 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 727 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7216584 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7216584 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7216584 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10797 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14232 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14232 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10022	53.9% Above average	Read 207 Write 163 Mixed 115 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 14.2 98% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 32.4 60% 120 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 550GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 203068701 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7442 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6150167 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3268 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471334940 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 21474836508 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 22 203068701 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 50272592215675 (F1) Unknown 100 253 964753586 (F2) Unknown 100 253 885555973	35.2% Below average	Read 65.4 Write 57.1 Mixed 24.9 36% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.36 74% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 68%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 104GB free Firmware: DEM4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131308108 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3031 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49468154 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3062 (B8) Unknown 94 94 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 488177693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 803 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 42 42 116962 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 42 131308108 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 116058606278073 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3954796494 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2163461265 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	43.1% Average	Read 71.1 Write 79.3 Mixed 67.7 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.28 64% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869D 4x4GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	67.5% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 21.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

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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 $192Bench 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 $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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Total price: $585

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 $179	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