Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.2% 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	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	8.8 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '18 at 09:24
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 50.5 2-Core 82.6 52% 75.2 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 273 28% 226 Pts	64-Core 254 16% 254 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.6% 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 (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.2% Below average	Lighting 41.5 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 56.8 34% 54.2 fps	MRender 65.9 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 53.9 44% 53.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 212 212 213 189 190 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.5% Above average	Read 231 Write 174 Mixed 183 SusWrite 200 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 28.1 88% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 175 134% 182 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 134%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 414GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 194 194 193 195 194 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 176 Mixed 55 SusWrite 193 111% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1.4 263% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% 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: 27 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 25.5 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 26.9 35% 26.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% null MHz 1024, 2048, 1024, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 17.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.7 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 45%

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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 $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	16x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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