Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% 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	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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	20.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100427
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 01:40
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7 X 990-$499 4,994 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 89.5 2-Core 181 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 574 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA); ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 177 Parallax 178 108% 163 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 170 Splatting 129 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB-$181 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 16599530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 133393094290092 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 946 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16599530 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16599530 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16599530 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9969 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7046 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7046 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10930	37.3% Below average	Read 260 Write 160 Mixed 181 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 7.01 55% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 15.1 DQ Write 51.1 DQ Mixed 6.91 13% 24.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 90%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 146 11000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 795 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6688 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 769 (C2) HDA temperature 101 97 51 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.9% Very good	Read 149 Write 129 Mixed 123 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.98 4K Mixed 0.25 120% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 98%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 611GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 8030 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2313 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 9778 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 16055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1998 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 62 571605026 (C2) HDA temperature 65 59 588382243 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 29400 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 24 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	59.9% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 112 Mixed 116 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.33 98% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 62%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 568GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52722751 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 17268463084 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17998 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2263 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131339 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 45 823787568 (C2) HDA temperature 48 55 85899345968 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 7 52722751 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	48.1% Average	Read 80.7 Write 86.8 Mixed 73.5 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.47 114% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x4GB 28,320 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6 of 6 slots used 24GB DIMM Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	48.7% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 61%

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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