Alienware Aurora-R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0RV30W
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100628
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '16 at 11:16
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 68.5 2-Core 129 62% 97.4 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 294 32% 256 Pts	64-Core 314 20% 314 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% EVGA(3842 1312) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4144 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.2% Terrible	Lighting 1.13 Reflection 2.15 Parallax 0.47 1% 1.25 fps	MRender 3.52 Gravity 0.27 Splatting 2.52 2% 2.1 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.2% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$78 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110845643 (03) Spinup time 90 75 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 994 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14568528 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 411 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 53 48 790560815 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1271 (C2) HDA temperature 47 52 60129542191 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 4 110845643 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 53833120099800 (F1) Unknown 100 253 540206577 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4143486070	73.8% Very good	Read 128 Write 129 Mixed 125 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.71 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 661GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1673 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1662 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1603 (C2) HDA temperature 105 102 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 99.2 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 76%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 149GB free Firmware: 2E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 188 173 3591 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19736 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 16 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 95 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2508 (BE) vendor-specific 55 45 45 (C2) HDA temperature 102 92 45 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.7% Below average	Read 57.8 Write 55.8 Mixed 51 41% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.33 97% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 35%
Seagate ST3400832AS 400GB-$68 1,788 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 147GB free Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 50 45 242473035 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1036 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 611130634 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 461 (C2) HDA temperature 47 61 81604378671 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 45 242473035 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.2% Below average	Read 56 Write 56.2 Mixed 51.5 41% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.37 84% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL0 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL0 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL0 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL0 16GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 11.5 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 43%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 17%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R2

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	27x
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	11x
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	8x
HD 5870AMDBench 19%, 10,176 samples	5x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	5x

SSD
Solid State Disk 1TBSpccBench 79%, 17,192 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x

RAM
M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 8GBSamsungBench 38%, 12 samples	3x
M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 12GBSamsungBench 46%, 31 samples	3x
CT51264BD160BJ.M8F Reboto DDR3 4gb CT51264BD160BJ.C8F Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 16GBUnknownBench 22%, 8 samples	3x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $398

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16