Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.1% 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	The 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.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 16:14
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 203 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 504 53% 425 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Lighting 50.4 Reflection 46.3 Parallax 41.3 41% 46 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 37.4 32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 36 27 49 50 52 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 57.3 Write 57.4 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 42.6 37% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 35%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 853GB free Firmware: AX00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 108 109 109 111 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 105 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%
Maxtor 6G160E0 160GB 609 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 80GB free Firmware: KA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 48 46 47 47 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 54.5 Write 53.4 Mixed 32.9 SusWrite 46.8 34% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.3 114% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 37%
SAMSUNG HM160HC 160GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 148GB free, PID 6830 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	6.1% Terrible	Read 7 Write 7.2 Mixed 7 SusWrite 7.4 10% 7.15 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 59% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.1% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown OCZ3P1600LV2 Samsung M378B5273CH0 OCZ3P1600LV2 Samsung M378B5273CH0 12GB 1067, 1067, 1067, 1067 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.2% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns

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Gaming 38%

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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 $189Bench 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 $66Bench 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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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $585

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16