Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.7% 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	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	9GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 9GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	6.6 GB free of 9 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '15 at 22:14
Run Duration	412 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 96.1 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 189 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 450 49% 388 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5970 (Crossfire Disabled) 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 17% AMD(1002 2042) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 21.5 19% 19.2 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 17.9 Splatting 16.2 12% 15 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2469 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 671 (B1) Unknown 96 96 43 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8087021060	52.7% Above average	Read 262 Write 180 Mixed 183 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 16.8 80% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 61.9 74% 131 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 108%
Toshiba MK4055GSX 400GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 220GB free Firmware: FG011M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1611 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1268 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3230 (0A) Spinup retry count 125 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1257 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 87 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 27993 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 244813660186 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 56 (DE) Loaded hours 94 94 2682 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 328 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	28.6% Poor	Read 47.9 Write 51.5 Mixed 37.6 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.22 65% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 36%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 98GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20053283 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5996 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 356165877 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2729 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 62 420479001 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 34359738393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 18 20053283 (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 -12120397685575 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2757093625 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1327810519	45.2% Average	Read 85.6 Write 71.6 Mixed 80.3 60% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.43 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 70%
Kingston DataTraveler 112 8GB 233 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 162a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	4.34% Terrible	Read 19 Write 3.6 Mixed 6.67 10% 9.76 MB/s	4K Read 3.29 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.01 13% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.34% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9GB 4,068 User benchmarks, average bench 38% null MHz 2048, 1024, 2048, 1024, 2048, 1024 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 15.4 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 52%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

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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 $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 $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