Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.7% 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	68.7% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '22 at 07:34
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 178 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 470 48% 391 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6950 770 User benchmarks, average bench 20% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.3001.0 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Lighting 24.2 Reflection 27.3 Parallax 23.5 20% 25 fps	MRender 22.6 Gravity 22 Splatting 17.8 17% 20.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1122BS SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 388 398 385 283 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 485 Write 392 Mixed 310 SusWrite 313 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 19.6 68% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 93.7 100% 168 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 100%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 496GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 227 235 234 233 233 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.7% Good	Read 252 Write 230 Mixed 235 SusWrite 231 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 27 92% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 85.1 88% 145 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston X4315J-HYA 4x4GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 98%

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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 $182Bench 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 $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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Total price: $607

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16