Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 74.6%, 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	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '18 at 13:04
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 89.4 2-Core 171 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 409 44% 352 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-OEM 864 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Nvidia(10DE 0873) 1.2GB CLim: 732 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 18.8 Reflection 28.5 Parallax 20.8 15% 22.7 fps	MRender 32.9 Gravity 14.8 Splatting 25.2 20% 24.3 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 256GB 675 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 221 185 233 233 233 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.4% Average	Read 237 Write 237 Mixed 200 SusWrite 221 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 18.2 73% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 69 DQ Mixed 15.3 33% 69.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 127%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 147GB free Firmware: 17.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 101 102 103 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 62.8 Write 63.5 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 102 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 74%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB 1TB 235 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 15GB free, PID 1057 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 23.4 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 12.8 29% 22.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 44%
LaCie Rikiki USB 3.0 1TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 12GB free, PID 106a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 27.9 Write 23.2 Mixed 21 SusWrite 12.8 28% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 43%
LaCie Rikiki USB 3.0 1TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 85GB free, PID 106a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 28.4 Write 22.9 Mixed 21 SusWrite 12.8 28% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston X5DX3Y-ELD 4x2GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 59%

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Gaming 38%

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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 $194Bench 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 $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