Alienware Aurora-R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.8% 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	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 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0RV30W
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100628
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '16 at 13:40
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 93 1-Core 76.1 2-Core 141 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 364 38% 303 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.12.0.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 15.1 Parallax 25.2 22% 22.6 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 19 15% 17.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
ARRAY0 1TB 257 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 109 Write 121 Mixed 99.8 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.36 77% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 122%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 84GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 140 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5784 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1738 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5745 (C2) HDA temperature 101 93 42 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2226 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1456386566 (F2) Unknown 200 200 4604670429	43.3% Average	Read 83.5 Write 67.1 Mixed 72.7 56% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.36 94% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 10GB free Firmware: 3.AD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 97 106631009 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6311 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 90593570 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1929 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 656867367 (C2) HDA temperature 39 47 60129542183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 70 61 194047757 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.6% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 60.8 Mixed 64.7 47% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.39 84% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 54%
WDC WD50 00AAKS-75V0A0 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 48GB free, PID 0718 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	12.9% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 25.7 Mixed 27.9 36% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.25 41% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5673EH1-CH9 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.8% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 11.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 53%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R2

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	27x
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	11x
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	8x
HD 5870AMDBench 19%, 10,176 samples	5x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	5x

SSD
Solid State Disk 1TBSpccBench 79%, 17,192 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x

RAM
M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 8GBSamsungBench 38%, 12 samples	3x
M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 12GBSamsungBench 46%, 31 samples	3x
CT51264BD160BJ.M8F Reboto DDR3 4gb CT51264BD160BJ.C8F Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 16GBUnknownBench 22%, 8 samples	3x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $398

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 $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