Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.8% 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	3GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	3.5 GB free of 3 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 20:10
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 72.6 2-Core 141 64% 102 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 335 34% 273 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 14.9 Parallax 25.3 22% 22.6 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 19.1 15% 17.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 20%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 854GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 41 33 48 33 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 49.1 Mixed 8 SusWrite 38.2 23% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 18% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x1GB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 3 of 6 slots used 3GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11.8 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 40%

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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%

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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 $249Bench 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	15x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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