Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '20 at 06:43
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 198 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 490 51% 410 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 155 Parallax 133 122% 146 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 104 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 412 439 429 436 402 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 444 Mixed 398 SusWrite 413 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 41.8 135% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 362 273% 366 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 120 121 122 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 121 Write 119 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 121 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.1 188% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609D 4x4GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 59%

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

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	169x
Core i7-2600Intel $201Bench 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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $585

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