Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.8% 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)
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0DF1G9
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '19 at 05:08
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 193 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 378 50% 377 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3658) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Lighting 21.7 Reflection 20.3 Parallax 25.7 18% 22.6 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 25 Splatting 23.4 21% 25.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 766 654 330 285 286 285 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 16GB 1,179 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 11GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 29 42 43 43 44 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 139 Write 44 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 36.4 64% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 55% 4.43 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.7% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10.3 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.1 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $174Bench 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 $88Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16