Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.02% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	27.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '22 at 10:45
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 84.3 2-Core 167 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 408 46% 362 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0738) 1.8GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.16.11.9120 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	5.02% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 3.3 6% 7 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 5.4 Splatting 2.9 4% 4.77 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.02% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$62 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 214 213 212 221 220 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	70.2% Very good	Read 251 Write 238 Mixed 235 SusWrite 214 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 37.1 123% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 197 148% 197 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 130%
Sandisk Extreme SSD 250GB 837 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 52GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 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	9.31% Terrible	Read 24.4 Write 23.4 Mixed 22.8 SusWrite 11.7 5% 20.6 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 7.5 24% 7.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 9.31% Great: 77%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 923GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 145 141 139 141 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 142 Write 41 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 142 73% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 888GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 145 137 143 143 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 110 Write 67.3 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 142 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 75%
BUFFALO HD-PCTU3 2TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 783GB free, PID 01de Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 24 Write 24.2 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 10.8 27% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 42%
SanDisk Ultra 252GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 101GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 8.9 9 8.9 9.1 9.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 23.9 Write 17.9 Mixed 16.9 SusWrite 9 22% 16.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.6 147% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 6 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 15.5 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49% 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	219x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16