Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0H869M
Memory	4.3 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 07:42
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 74.6 2-Core 124 63% 97.8 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 361 36% 296 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 098A) 1.5GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.5% Poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 24.4 Parallax 31 19% 26.4 fps	MRender 33.9 Gravity 28.9 Splatting 23.3 23% 28.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Ccdisk iSCSI 4TB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 2TB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 71.2 Write 45.7 Mixed 51.8 42% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.29 4K Write 3.52 4K Mixed 0.85 464% 3.89 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150023039 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1142 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 85651845 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 562 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 60 60 40 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 521994271 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 27 150023039 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -135093901322582 (F1) Unknown 100 253 943608331 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2444432275	60.9% Good	Read 113 Write 99.5 Mixed 94.2 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.49 107% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 6 slots used 6GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 13.2 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 52%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 18%

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System: Alienware Aurora

CPU
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	218x
Core i7 930Intel $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	87x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	51x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	34x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	32x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GBSamsungBench 85%, 3,736 samples	12x

RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	80x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	73x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	64x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $249

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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