Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.6% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0H869M
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20100730
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 05:33
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 96.9 1-Core 85.4 2-Core 165 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 415 46% 362 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 1000) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.6% Poor	Lighting 30.4 Reflection 32.1 Parallax 38.9 25% 33.8 fps	MRender 40.3 Gravity 36 Splatting 27 27% 34.4 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 668 261 261 260 260 260 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 930GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 182 183 183 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 142 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 183 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 705GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 109 112 112 112 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 112 Write 104 Mixed 62 SusWrite 112 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 774GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 157 156 157 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 148 Mixed 85 SusWrite 157 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x4GB 28,320 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6 of 6 slots used 24GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 23.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 15.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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	16x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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