Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


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 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '23 at 14:51
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 X 980-$148 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 94.8 2-Core 192 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 568 56% 457 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4060-$295 48,534 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Gigabyte(1458 4116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.29 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 113 Parallax 167 134% 148 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 114% 145 fps
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 127%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 132 64 43 41 40 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.1% Good	Read 254 Write 246 Mixed 232 SusWrite 91.3 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 40.7 129% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 173 137% 189 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 64GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 244 103 62 59 57 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.1% Good	Read 253 Write 204 Mixed 220 SusWrite 128 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 41.6 131% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 175 138% 190 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x4GB 28,320 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6 of 6 slots used 24GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 13.2 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 61%

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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	54	27	60	28.6"	1280 720	SAM1017 LU28R55

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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	218x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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