Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	28% 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	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 22:36
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	40% Below average	Memory 70 1-Core 49.4 2-Core 78.8 43% 66.1 Pts	4-Core 59.2 8-Core 69.2 8% 64.2 Pts	64-Core 61.7 4% 61.7 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28% Poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 50.3 Parallax 77.6 17% 49.5 fps	MRender 55.1 Gravity 52.7 Splatting 70.7 50% 59.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 281 190 105 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 473 Write 454 Mixed 385 SusWrite 176 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 36.5 116% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 170 145% 213 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 42GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 99 106 103 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 117 Write 100 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 101 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 70%
Maxtor STM3250820AS 250GB 2,495 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 72GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 58 Write 49.8 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 55.4 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 10 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.9 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 61%

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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 $187Bench 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 $81Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $600

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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