Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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	24.2% 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	23.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '16 at 13:24
Run Duration	429 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 527 57% 452 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Nvidia(10DE 086A) 1.5GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Lighting 28.3 Reflection 42.9 Parallax 31.7 23% 34.3 fps	MRender 43.8 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 32 26% 32.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 120GB 4,046 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 105 13103855 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -104384885154410 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3426 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 130 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 106 105 13103855 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24256 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17600 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17600 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15232	23.7% Poor	Read 168 Write 51.7 Mixed 72.8 21% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.76 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 3.95 44% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 12.7 DQ Write 58.1 DQ Mixed 3.71 12% 24.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 55%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 677GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 183 7408 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9068 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 46892 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3924 (C0) Power-off retract count 1 1 1082634 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 3080713 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 32 (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 34 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.6% Below average	Read 38.2 Write 71.3 Mixed 69.7 45% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.35 96% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 51%
WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 536GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5691 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15180 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4008 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 386 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 144 144 169454 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	38.8% Below average	Read 67.6 Write 67 Mixed 66.5 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.36 98% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 54%
Hitachi HDS723015BLA642 1.5TB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 362GB free Firmware: MN5OA5Q0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 59 3708 (02) Throughput performance 130 100 102 (03) Spinup time 134 100 34388246951 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 15798 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 100 27 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11406 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6484 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 97 97 245371 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2022960463872 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 505413662 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 15798 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 15798 (C2) HDA temperature 200 153 167504707614 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	65.3% Good	Read 116 Write 111 Mixed 88.5 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.46 109% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 79%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 265GB free Firmware: CR100-05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 1 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1600 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3888 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1844 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 426 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 28 (C2) HDA temperature 154 112 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 914688 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 2	35.1% Below average	Read 61.1 Write 61 Mixed 75.7 50% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.38 87% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 44%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 247GB free Firmware: DEM4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200678037 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12015 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 4390803110 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4467 (B8) Unknown 93 93 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 437846042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 52 52 97174 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 42949672986 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 46 200678037 (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 132525510890387 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3865842539 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1237324186 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	49.4% Average	Read 88.1 Write 84.2 Mixed 82.2 64% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.36 88% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 58%
Mass Storage Device 2GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 125d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	4.83% Terrible	Read 19.1 Write 5.85 Mixed 8.33 12% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.17 18% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.83% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF25664AZ- 4x2GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.4% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 56%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	169x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 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 $109Bench 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: $585

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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