Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	15.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '19 at 14:51
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$178 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 169 73% 121 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 494 51% 408 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.5 86% 107 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 102 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 619GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 24 19 30 30 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
WD WD40EZRZ-00WN9B0 2TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 144 142 144 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 168 Write 168 Mixed 102 SusWrite 144 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 95%
Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 2TB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 139 142 141 139 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 122 Write 157 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 141 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2x8GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.5% Below average	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 10.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 58%

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

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Gaming 38%

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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 $178Bench 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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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $607

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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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