Alienware Aurora-R2

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.7% 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	40.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

22 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0RV30W
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100628
Uptime	22 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '23 at 16:31
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 880 808 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 81.8 2-Core 159 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 360 40% 314 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2956) 2GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 38.5 Parallax 32.1 28% 35.1 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 34.5 Splatting 30.4 26% 32.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 835GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 210 216 220 223 222 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.1% Average	Read 246 Write 220 Mixed 216 SusWrite 208 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 13.1 52% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 63.5 DQ Write 21.5 DQ Mixed 1.7 12% 28.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 101%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2010)-$60 12,460 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 596GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 80 80 80 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 76.1 Write 76.5 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 79.6 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 116 112 117 116 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 106 Write 114 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 114 73% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.1% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.9 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 10.1 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 44%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

System: Alienware Aurora-R2

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $320Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	27x
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	11x
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	8x
HD 5870AMDBench 19%, 10,176 samples	5x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	5x

SSD
Solid State Disk 1TBSpccBench 79%, 17,192 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x

RAM
M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 8GBSamsungBench 38%, 12 samples	3x
M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 12GBSamsungBench 46%, 31 samples	3x
CT51264BD160BJ.M8F Reboto DDR3 4gb CT51264BD160BJ.C8F Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 16GBUnknownBench 22%, 8 samples	3x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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