Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	69.9% 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

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	19.7 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 07 '23 at 03:43
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 (90^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 194 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 564 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4060-$293 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 (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 112 Parallax 151 130% 141 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 113% 144 fps
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 127%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 221 240 243 246 245 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	69.9% Good	Read 241 Write 242 Mixed 227 SusWrite 239 54% 237 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 37.3 118% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 172 136% 188 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 64GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 242 243 246 247 247 MB/s Performing below potential (9^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 252 Write 200 Mixed 214 SusWrite 244 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 36.3 116% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 172 136% 188 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.2% 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 (87^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 21 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 13.1 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.2% 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	70	58	60	28.6"	1280 720	SAM1017 LU28R55

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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 $76Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16