Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110211
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '19 at 03:42
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 201 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 500 53% 423 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Nvidia(10DE 083D) 1GB CLim: 650 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 11% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 942GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 148 171 216 184 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 255 Write 212 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 162 125% 172 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 1.3 416% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 213%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 130 131 130 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 120 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 130 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XR1HVP-ELD 4x2GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1867 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 69%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $191Bench 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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Total price: $585

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16