Alienware Aurora R12

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	320% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R12 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0P0JWX
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 03:31
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11400F-$116 46,609 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 70.8 1-Core 167 2-Core 330 99% 189 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 963 97% 787 Pts	64-Core 1,215 75% 1,215 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 1TB 3,297 User benchmarks, average bench 249% 859GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1982 1984 1987 1993 1991 743 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 1,742 Write 2,070 Mixed 1,817 SusWrite 1,780 419% 1,852 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 82.9 284% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,285 DQ Write 1,108 DQ Mixed 1,196 897% 1,197 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 354%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 913GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 185 188 188 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 163 Mixed 104 SusWrite 187 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 206% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown XW21KG-MIE2 2x8GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.8% Above average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 10.4 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 99.5 40% 99.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 94%

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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 181%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 177%

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System: Alienware Aurora R12

CPU
Core i7-11700FIntelBench 98%, 21,161 samples	909x
Core i5-11400FIntel $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	416x
Core i7-11700KFIntel $240Bench 102%, 17,565 samples	234x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	502x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	482x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	277x

SSD
PC711 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 277%, 3,587 samples	219x
Micron 2300 512GBNvmeBench 206%, 2,103 samples	99x
PC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 250%, 2,402 samples	86x

RAM
XW21KG-HYD-NX 2x8GBUnknownBench 88%, 1,413 samples	205x
XK2M26-MIE-NX 1x16GBUnknownBench 49%, 948 samples	166x
X2YH1K-MIE-NX 2x16GBUnknownBench 95%, 1,460 samples	121x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $910

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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