Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0NWN7M
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200715
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 10 '21 at 09:19
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 72.2 1-Core 152 2-Core 290 91% 171 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 854 81% 670 Pts	64-Core 1,021 63% 1,021 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 3759) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 95.7 Parallax 105 90% 104 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 88.3 83% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 2200S NVMe 256GB 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 22001060 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,481 Write 944 Mixed 935 248% 1120 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 43 156% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 741 DQ Write 815 DQ Mixed 798 595% 784 MB/s
Poor: 92% Great: 193%
Amd-raid ST2000DM008-2FR1 2TB 1,983 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 343GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 131 125 140 148 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 82.3 Write 84.2 Mixed 58 SusWrite 129 65% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 65% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 124%

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 @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 28.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 26.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 96.4 42% 96.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 94%

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

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Gaming 173%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 157%

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System: Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	178x
Ryzen 7 5800AMDBench 96%, 1,982 samples	165x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	117x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $854Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	148x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	81x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	68x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 1TBPc711Bench 277%, 5,603 samples	69x
2300 NVMe 512GBMicronBench 226%, 3,314 samples	48x
2300 NVMe 1024GBMicronBench 241%, 4,924 samples	37x

RAM
X2YH1K-MIE-NX 1x16GBUnknownBench 51%, 776 samples	51x
XJ69DF-MIE2 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 2,320 samples	48x
XW21KG-MIE2 2x8GBUnknownBench 84%, 2,787 samples	44x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,004

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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