Alienware Aurora-R2

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora-R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0RV30W
Memory	3.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '21 at 02:29
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	49.3% Average	Memory 64.5 1-Core 63.9 2-Core 112 49% 80.3 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 262 28% 224 Pts	64-Core 309 19% 309 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% AMD(1002 3000) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 13.1 12% 13.8 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 9.5 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 11%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 1,493 Write 19.5 Mixed 37.5 107% 517 MB/s	4K Read 133 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 3.4 206% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 285GB free Firmware: HP73 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 905 Write 9.5 Mixed 17.6 223% 311 MB/s	4K Read 178 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.9 7,508% 59.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 364GB free Firmware: KC45 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 901 Write 7.9 Mixed 5.2 218% 305 MB/s	4K Read 179 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 7,508% 59.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 88%
WD My Book 1170 3TB 622 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free, PID 1170 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 1555 Write 8.7 Mixed 16.1 354% 527 MB/s	4K Read 182 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 2.1 775% 61.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U7BFR8A-PB CT51264BD160BJ.C8F HMT451U7BFR8A-PB CT51264BD160BJ.M8F 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.4% Very poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 5.1 16% 5.53 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 4.6 14% 4.97 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 18%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 17%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R2

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $320Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	27x
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	11x
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	8x
HD 5870AMDBench 19%, 10,176 samples	5x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	5x

SSD
Solid State Disk 1TBSpccBench 79%, 17,192 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x

RAM
M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 8GBSamsungBench 38%, 12 samples	3x
M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 12GBSamsungBench 46%, 31 samples	3x
CT51264BD160BJ.M8F Reboto DDR3 4gb CT51264BD160BJ.C8F Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 16GBUnknownBench 22%, 8 samples	3x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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