Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.7% 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 (41%). 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 03:33
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 526 53% 433 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6282) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 160 Parallax 136 115% 145 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 141 Splatting 117 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 893GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 231 246 242 242 242 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	71.7% Very good	Read 257 Write 241 Mixed 241 SusWrite 236 55% 244 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 37 123% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 198 148% 198 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 133%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$52 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 157 161 161 161 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 152 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 160 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata CT51264BD133 CT51264BD133 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 50%

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

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	169x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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