Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '20 at 20:02
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 95.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 212 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 530 51% 418 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60% Above average	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 73.8 60% 75.3 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 74.4 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 232 228 237 236 232 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	71.9% Very good	Read 254 Write 243 Mixed 236 SusWrite 235 55% 242 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 40.8 121% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 200 150% 200 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 60GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 18GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 59 58 65 58 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.3% Average	Read 175 Write 64 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 59.8 22% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 26.4 91% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 86.9 DQ Write 61.7 DQ Mixed 70.5 54% 73 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 80%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 50GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 79 62 36 57 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 145 Write 138 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 69 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston X4315J-HYA 4x4GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 98%

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

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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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Total price: $585

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