Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.7% 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	48.4% 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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '20 at 19:21
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 197 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 398 45% 353 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.7% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 73 Parallax 70.6 57% 71.3 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 66.6 55% 67.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LAT-256M2S 256GB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: PNDA SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 227 235 242 236 235 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 351 Write 246 Mixed 244 SusWrite 234 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 15.8 57% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 71.3 DQ Write 39.2 DQ Mixed 44.4 36% 51.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 594GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 137 137 136 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 140 Write 123 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 136 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 114%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 115GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 60 60 59 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 97.2 Write 96.8 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 58.9 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%

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

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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 $184Bench 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 $88Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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