Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 10 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0H869M
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20091028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '17 at 18:16
Run Duration	399 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-950-$100 36,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 81.1 2-Core 162 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 410 44% 348 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 122 Parallax 105 78% 108 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 99.3 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AN10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 60 60 12237 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 980 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 172 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 15208 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 163209609243 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 62 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2283	60.8% Good	Read 97.8 Write 114 Mixed 56 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.54 132% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 731GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8400 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1026 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6394 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 939 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 68 352976917 (C2) HDA temperature 70 64 503971870 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 174273 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 125 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57.4% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 100 Mixed 94.6 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.43 109% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 62%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 293GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 166 6500 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6480 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3070 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1003 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6481 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.7% Average	Read 78.5 Write 73.3 Mixed 55.5 52% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.31 95% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 69%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20.07P20 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 157 4991 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2750 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2394 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	28.4% Poor	Read 39.6 Write 58.9 Mixed 24.2 30% 40.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.51 130% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 47%
SanDisk SDSSDA120G 120GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 112GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.3% Below average	Read 30.3 Write 26.9 Mixed 28.1 36% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.32 4K Write 6.05 4K Mixed 2.58 317% 4.98 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 74%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 32GB 4,876 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 30GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Read 20.6 Write 5.02 Mixed 7.79 11% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.44 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.79 72% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 13.3 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 59%

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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	222x
Core i7 930Intel $149Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	87x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	51x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	37x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	34x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	32x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	65x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $249

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $173	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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