Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.6% 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	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	19 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '20 at 12:15
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	19%

Watch Gameplay: 1060-6GB + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$188 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 88 2-Core 167 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 423 43% 349 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55.6% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 66.4 56% 68.3 fps	MRender 66.2 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 65.5 54% 65.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 219 228 231 232 231 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65% Good	Read 246 Write 20.3 Mixed 235 SusWrite 225 41% 182 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 32.2 103% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 186 144% 197 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 125%
Liteonit LCT-128M3S 128GB 2,346 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 65GB free Firmware: VQDA SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 201 188 205 205 204 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.9% Average	Read 238 Write 199 Mixed 172 SusWrite 200 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 15.4 55% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 131 113% 167 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 82%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 119GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 148 153 153 155 154 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	18.5% Very poor	Read 155 Write 154 Mixed 134 SusWrite 150 34% 149 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 3 10% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.9 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 57%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Aurora-R3 Builds (Compare 333 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	169x
Core i7-2600Intel $188Bench 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 $74Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $593

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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