Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '20 at 00:10
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 (74^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 97.3 1-Core 88.6 2-Core 159 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 436 45% 362 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 85 Parallax 76.4 67% 81.1 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 67.4 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 128 122 126 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 134 Write 234 Mixed 174 SusWrite 124 38% 166 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 21.1 73% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 96.2 94% 150 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 66%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$28 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 7GB free Firmware: DEM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 43 50 50 55 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 45.5 Write 54.3 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 47 34% 46.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 538GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 79 78 76 79 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 77.8 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869D 4x4GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1867 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.2% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 21.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 68%

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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 $187Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16