Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics98.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
7 months ago, 7 months ago.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 046MHW
Memory6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110525
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateSep 17 '23 at 14:48
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
77.9% Very good
Memory 94.8
1-Core 86.1
2-Core 174
71% 118 Pts
4-Core 338
8-Core 435
49% 386 Pts
64-Core 439
27% 439 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
98.7% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 136
Parallax 124
102% 128 fps
MRender 93.7
Gravity 127
Splatting 114
92% 112 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 98.7%
Great: 101%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
902GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 159 167 175 170 176 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
99.3% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 166
Mixed 91
SusWrite 167
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.1
230% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 99.3%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
58.5% Above average
MC Read 20.5
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 18.6
57% 20.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 16.6
SC Mixed 17.5
48% 16.9 GB/s
Latency 57.6
70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

 SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
0% 0% 0 70 58 60 54.6" 1280 720 SAM72C3 Odyssey Ark
Typical Aurora-R3 Builds (Compare 332 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

System: Alienware Aurora-R3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $585
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