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 (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	250% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R12 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0P0JWX
Memory	20.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210810
Uptime	13.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '21 at 22:10
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 73.2 1-Core 151 2-Core 288 91% 171 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 857 82% 674 Pts	64-Core 1,043 64% 1,043 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3909) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 215 Reflection 200 Parallax 208 175% 207 fps	Gravity 147 Splatting 132 122% 139 fps
Poor: 135% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M81000G 1TB 629 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 783GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1085 1179 1156 543 967 590 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,762 Write 1,446 Mixed 1273 SusWrite 920 302% 1,350 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 76.2 276% 99.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,052 DQ Write 668 DQ Mixed 422 433% 714 MB/s
Poor: 137% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 314%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 172 180 176 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 129 Write 137 Mixed 73 SusWrite 174 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 93% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KHX3200C16D4/8GX 01980000802C XW21KG-MIE-NX 0198000080CE KHX3200C16D4/8GX 01980000802C XW21KG-MIE-NX 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2933, 3200, 2933, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 32 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 21.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 94.1 42% 94.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 130%

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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	907x
Core i5-11400FIntel $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	415x
Core i7-11700KFIntel $240Bench 102%, 17,565 samples	233x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	500x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	480x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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