Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	308% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0NWN7M
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200226
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '20 at 06:57
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 75.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 293 92% 173 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 997 90% 759 Pts	64-Core 1,422 88% 1,422 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Dell(1028 C756) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 110 Reflection 104 Parallax 105 89% 106 fps	Gravity 103 Splatting 93 86% 98.1 fps
Poor: 90% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981a NVMe Samsung 512GB 3,592 User benchmarks, average bench 220% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15302129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2124 785 790 814 818 817 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 2,658 Write 2,430 Mixed 1,867 SusWrite 1,025 446% 1,995 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 86.5 286% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,200 DQ Write 1,071 DQ Mixed 1,142 854% 1,138 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 298%
Amd-raid ST1000DM010-2EP1 1TB 1,228 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 931GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 188 186 186 187 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 176 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 187 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston X5H5PW-MIE 2x8GB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 28.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 26.7 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 94%

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

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 157%

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System: Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	178x
Ryzen 7 5800AMDBench 96%, 1,982 samples	166x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	148x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	81x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	68x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 1TBPc711Bench 277%, 5,603 samples	69x
2300 NVMe 512GBMicronBench 226%, 3,314 samples	48x
2300 NVMe 1024GBMicronBench 241%, 4,924 samples	37x

RAM
X2YH1K-MIE-NX 1x16GBUnknownBench 46%, 1,144 samples	51x
XJ69DF-MIE2 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 2,320 samples	48x
XW21KG-MIE2 2x8GBUnknownBench 84%, 2,787 samples	44x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,063

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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