Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	26.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0H869M
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20091019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 13:09
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 975-$550 3,143 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 88 2-Core 174 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 396 42% 336 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 352.86 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.5% Average	Lighting 56.5 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 46.6 46% 53.9 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 60.8 Splatting 54.4 50% 62.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 129 200 220 223 226 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.7% Poor	Read 172 Write 32.9 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 183 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 11 26% 7.33 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 917GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 128 138 138 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 149 Write 83.8 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 119 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 347GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 93 93 94 95 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 84.7 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 93.1 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 12.8 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 18%

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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	15x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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