Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.3% 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	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	4.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '19 at 01:17
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 100 2-Core 179 75% 125 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 481 50% 402 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.3% Poor	Lighting 38 Reflection 25.8 Parallax 31.9 31% 31.9 fps	MRender 31.7 Gravity 33.9 Splatting 30.3 26% 32 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 196 184 222 176 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 401 Write 353 Mixed 271 SusWrite 176 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 27.8 93% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 207 165% 230 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 682GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 106 108 110 111 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 69.5 Write 70.5 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 107 55% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 74%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 126 129 132 135 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 135 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 129 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 87%
Seagate ST2000DM009-2G4100 2TB 3,203 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: DN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 174 182 186 187 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 187 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 180 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 247% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2x8GB 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1867 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns

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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 $194Bench 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 $66Bench 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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Total price: $585

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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