Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.3% 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	54.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 01:16
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 85.3 2-Core 167 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 386 41% 325 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Zotac(19DA 2454) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Lighting 41.8 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 39.2 34% 37.9 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 38.2 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17607804 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -98672578658293 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 21 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 35 94491574307 (C2) HDA temperature 35 35 94491574307 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17607804 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17607804 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17607804 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 169 (EA) Unknown 0 0 208 (F1) Unknown 0 0 208 (F2) Unknown 0 0 75 (F4) Unknown 100 100 131072	54.3% Above average	Read 250 Write 198 Mixed 219 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 18.7 86% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 45.3 62% 113 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 85%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$159 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 97 129721995 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 496650158 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3211 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 742 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3234 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 26 129721995 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -2456721265922 (F1) Unknown 100 253 542943894 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3881110270	75% Very good	Read 131 Write 131 Mixed 105 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.62 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 668GB free Firmware: JC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 61020174 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6924 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 4295930385 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3229 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1310741 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 555745312 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 18 61020174 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 104638288247587 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1315648699 (F2) Unknown 100 253 586696511	63.4% Good	Read 107 Write 114 Mixed 104 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.64 130% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 68%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 551GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 76.8 Write 80.4 Mixed 53.2 89% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston X4315J-HYB 4x4GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.2% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 60%

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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 $200Bench 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 $94Bench 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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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