Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.8% 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)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '21 at 21:42
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 405 53% 400 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.8% Average	Lighting 59.3 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 62.4 48% 64 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 55.3 50% 61.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 470 Write 455 Mixed 350 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 39.4 129% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 359 273% 367 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 203GB free Firmware: KC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 136 136 136 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 116 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 132 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773CH0 4x2GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 53%

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Typical Aurora-R3 Builds (Compare 333 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	169x
Core i7-2600Intel $166Bench 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 $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $607

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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