Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.63% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	15GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 15GB 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0H869M
Memory	11.7 GB free of 15 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091019
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '20 at 13:25
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 130 62% 97.8 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 322 34% 272 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 1461) 1GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	9.63% Terrible	Lighting 17.9 Reflection 21 Parallax 15.8 15% 18.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 9.63% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: CR100-13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 24 25 33 33 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 15.5 Write 45.7 Mixed 8.2 SusWrite 30.2 18% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 44%
Seagate ST1000LM010-9YH146 1TB 2,987 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 833GB free Firmware: CC9F SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 59 61 65 67 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 77.5 Write 58.7 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 64.7 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 15GB 1,040 User benchmarks, average bench 47% null MHz 1024, 2048, 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.4% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 10.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 10.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 90%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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