Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 22% 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.5% 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	62.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). 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	8.4 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 09:41
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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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)	64.5% Good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 68 2-Core 113 59% 91 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 311 32% 257 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.5% 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: 18.12.1.1 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.5% Below average	Lighting 40.7 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 61.3 33% 55.3 fps	MRender 65.3 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 53.4 43% 52.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 222 228 231 230 219 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	62.7% Good	Read 248 Write 237 Mixed 222 SusWrite 219 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 33.9 96% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 197 148% 196 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 134%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 414GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 191 194 192 191 190 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 182 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 191 112% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1.3 252% 2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% 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: 26 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 27.5 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 26.9 36% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.4% 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 (97^th percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 12.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.7% 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