Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	May 18 '21 at 15:42
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	45%

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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 167 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 394 41% 332 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 116F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.5% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 38.5 32% 41 fps	MRender 33.8 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 35.3 30% 36.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 183 37 6.9 6.8 6.9 MB/s Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.6% Average	Read 245 Write 180 Mixed 209 SusWrite 65.7 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 21.8 92% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 34.5 65% 131 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 92%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 391GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 85 86 86 87 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 66.8 Write 64.1 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 85.6 49% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 57%
Seagate ST3160215SCE 160GB-$20 2,184 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 129GB free Firmware: 3.AMC SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 72 72 72 72 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 65.7 Write 67.8 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 71.1 45% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 42%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 881GB free Firmware: CR100-13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 144 146 146 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 165 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 149 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 44%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 349GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 120 119 121 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 118 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 120 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0 4x4GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.4 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 58%

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

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	169x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	94x
Core i5-2300IntelBench 64%, 19,722 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	34x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	9x

RAM
M378B5273CH0 4x4GBSamsungBench 49%, 117 samples	13x
HMT351U6BFR8 4x4GBHynixBench 49%, 61 samples	9x
HMT41GU7BFR8 HMT351U6CFR8 HMT451U6DFR8 HMT351U6EFR8 20GBHynixBench 56%, 12 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16