Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '19 at 02:19
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 191 80% 135 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 558 58% 464 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 1854 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68% Good	Lighting 86.4 Reflection 90.7 Parallax 85.8 70% 87.6 fps	MRender 84.5 Gravity 78.7 Splatting 71.6 63% 78.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 136 141 143 140 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 135 Write 202 Mixed 173 SusWrite 137 37% 162 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 24.5 88% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 82.6 91% 152 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$33 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 539GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 65 63 64 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 62 Write 61.2 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 63.2 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 68%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$22 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 133GB free Firmware: DEM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 84 83 83 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 65 Mixed 66 SusWrite 82.3 58% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869D 4x4GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 21 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.5 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%

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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 $186Bench 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 $86Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: $605

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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