Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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	55.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	12.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100209
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '21 at 09:59
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 975-$550 3,143 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 89 2-Core 170 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 428 47% 373 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1474) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2757 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 184 Parallax 179 142% 179 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 173 Splatting 122 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 134 141 143 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 222 Write 229 Mixed 216 SusWrite 140 46% 202 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 29.8 95% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 177 135% 183 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 198GB free Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 22 21 22 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	9.63% Terrible	Read 24.9 Write 26.3 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 21.6 6% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 7 24% 7.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 9.63% Great: 100%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 656GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 114 114 117 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 72.9 Write 86 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 114 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.6 190% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 171 162 172 170 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 170 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 168 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 105%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 114 116 116 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68% Good	Read 122 Write 113 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 115 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 6 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	41.7% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 12.3 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 65%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 18%

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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	16x
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 $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