Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '16 at 23:15
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 89.6 2-Core 174 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 429 47% 370 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 545 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 091D) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.3% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 9.92 Parallax 7.44 7% 8.58 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 8.5 Splatting 10.4 8% 10 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.3% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Disk drive 3TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 61379336 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4018 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 854479 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1041 (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 54 672596001 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17262 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 64424509473 (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 -43392054590664 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3993943134 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1157899231	105% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 170 Mixed 153 129% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.32 90% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Disk drive 500GB 269 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 414GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 86 199943853 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7401 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 38779242325 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5381 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 190 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 39 606273572 (C2) HDA temperature 36 61 64424509476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 45 220820215 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 253 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.7% Average	Read 75.4 Write 73.4 Mixed 69.9 55% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 74%
Disk drive 1TB 257 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 162 Mixed 121 110% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 3.08 4K Mixed 0.61 142% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC64B88B0 4x2GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 52%

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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 $192Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $131	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