Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0H869M
Memory	37.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091028
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '21 at 18:56
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 90.8 2-Core 175 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 422 46% 367 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760 (192-bit) 10,656 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8477) 3GB CLim: 1421 MHz, MLim: 1663 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 22%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 253 253 253 263 343 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 347 Write 245 Mixed 221 SusWrite 256 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 15.9 74% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 192 146% 196 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 5x4GB 1,432 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 5 of 6 slots used 20GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 14.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 14.9 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 56%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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	15x
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 $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