Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.5% 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	31.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 21:59
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 930-$199 19,497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 127 62% 97.8 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 322 35% 276 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1578) 1.2GB CLim: 822 MHz, MLim: 975 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 28 Reflection 42.2 Parallax 31 23% 33.7 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 29.5 25% 30.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-agility2 3.5 115GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 100 13723526 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -627065219507 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1512 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 112 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (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 106 100 13723526 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8512 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6400 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6400 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9216	31.3% Below average	Read 198 Write 44.6 Mixed 66.4 22% 103 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 9.25 60% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 78.8 DQ Write 61.4 DQ Mixed 22.1 30% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 631GB free Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103420859 (03) Spinup time 100 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5232 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 32 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 109964253 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3414 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 747335712945 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 116 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 622198821 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 55834574885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 25 103420859 (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 136403866362233 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3265014924 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2947744137	51.2% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 90.7 Mixed 65.2 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.39 94% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 13.2 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 59%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

System: Alienware Aurora

CPU
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	218x
Core i7 930Intel $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	87x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	51x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	34x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	32x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GBSamsungBench 85%, 3,736 samples	12x

RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	80x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	73x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	64x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $249

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16