Alienware Aurora-R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.6% 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	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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora-R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0RV30W
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 06:59
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 880 808 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 85.8 2-Core 153 68% 111 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 423 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PNY(196E 11C0) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 34.3 Reflection 24.5 Parallax 30.1 28% 29.6 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 31.5 Splatting 30.7 27% 33.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 905GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 141 147 173 179 178 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 142 Write 78 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 152 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 177 177 176 177 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 137 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 171 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 8GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.3% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.1 21% 7.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 43%

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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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Typical Aurora-R2 Builds (Compare 72 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

System: Alienware Aurora-R2

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	27x
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	11x
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	8x
HD 5870AMDBench 19%, 10,176 samples	5x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	5x

SSD
Solid State Disk 1TBSpccBench 79%, 17,192 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x

RAM
M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 8GBSamsungBench 38%, 12 samples	3x
M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 12GBSamsungBench 46%, 31 samples	3x
CT51264BD160BJ.M8F Reboto DDR3 4gb CT51264BD160BJ.C8F Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 16GBUnknownBench 22%, 8 samples	3x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $398

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