Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.9% 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	57% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	28.3 Days
Run Date	May 29 '20 at 13:09
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 85.4 2-Core 135 65% 104 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 425 43% 348 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 37 31% 35.2 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 35.6 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 33%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-256M5S 256GB 2,817 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 200 307 291 320 322 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57% Above average	Read 224 Write 261 Mixed 181 SusWrite 285 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 21.8 66% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 139 128% 193 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0 4x2GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 52%

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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 $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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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