Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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. 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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.1% 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	56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '20 at 22:23
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 86.9 2-Core 150 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 293 39% 291 Pts	64-Core 312 19% 312 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 27.6 22% 26.4 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 25.8 Splatting 29.7 22% 25.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 228 227 232 228 231 MB/s Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56% Above average	Read 239 Write 214 Mixed 219 SusWrite 224 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 18.9 80% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 34.7 70% 140 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 128 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 904GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 99 97 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 89 Write 92.8 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 97.6 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 264GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 82 86 80 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 79.8 Write 76 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 82.9 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 74%
Seagate ST3160215SCE 160GB-$20 2,184 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 149GB free Firmware: 3.AMC SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 74 73 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 74.3 Write 73.5 Mixed 40.1 SusWrite 73.5 48% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0 4x4GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 58%

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Gaming 38%

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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 $194Bench 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 $66Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $585

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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