Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.3% 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	27.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110211
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 11 '17 at 15:04
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 497 54% 426 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 27.1 Reflection 21.5 Parallax 23.8 22% 24.1 fps	MRender 21.1 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 27.8 20% 23.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,811 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17079 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1968 (AF) Unknown 99 99 2 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 318 (B2) Unknown 75 75 1018 (B3) Unknown 75 75 2034 (B4) Unknown 75 75 6030 (B5) Unknown 99 99 2 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 2 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 2227 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 2227 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 75 75 3014 (F1) Unknown 38 38 2682140779 (F2) Unknown 50 50 2160584099	27.3% Poor	Read 235 Write 148 Mixed 55.8 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 3.46 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 4.28 22% 9.88 MB/s	DQ Read 43 DQ Write 56.4 DQ Mixed 6.69 17% 35.4 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 55%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 56GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173343463 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2466 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 71533936 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15606 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1958 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 672596001 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2548 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 21 173343463 (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 -2671469636359 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1615073937 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2458937500	63.3% Good	Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 98.8 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.58 120% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0 4x4GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	48.7% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 51%

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

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System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	169x
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 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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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $585

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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