Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 21% 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. 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.7% 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	65.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	7 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100427
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '18 at 06:38
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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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 i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 68.3 2-Core 122 60% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 317 32% 261 Pts	64-Core 308 19% 308 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.7% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 63.1 Parallax 58.3 32% 53.6 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 29 Splatting 52.5 40% 48.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 226 215 184 180 176 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.1% Good	Read 245 Write 233 Mixed 218 SusWrite 196 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 36.5 109% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 198 149% 198 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 134%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 414GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 186 182 182 186 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 201 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 184 118% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.4 265% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 184%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 152GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 26 Mixed 22.8 SusWrite 25.9 35% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% null MHz 2048, 1024, 2048, 1024, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 18.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 12.2 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 45%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 70%

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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	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 $279	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 $184	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