Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics21.4% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 046MHW
Memory5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20110211
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 23 '18 at 20:38
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 97.8
1-Core 108
2-Core 211
81% 139 Pts
4-Core 382
8-Core 557
59% 469 Pts
64-Core 553
34% 553 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6950
AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1501.0
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
21.4% Poor
Lighting 27.4
Reflection 21.2
Parallax 23.8
22% 24.1 fps
MRender 20.5
Gravity 21.7
Splatting 27.7
20% 23.3 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 21.4%
Great: 22%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
ARRAY0 2TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 186
Mixed 158
134% 178 MB/s
4K Read 1.15
4K Write 3.72
4K Mixed 0.79
204% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 108%
Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
931GB free
Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
66.5% Good
Read 117
Write 114
Mixed 93.6
81% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.65
4K Mixed 0.52
122% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 66.5%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston XR1HVP-ELD 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
68.8% Good
MC Read 24.3
MC Write 24.2
MC Mixed 21.5
67% 23.3 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 22.1
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 47.1
85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 68.8%
Great: 69%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora-R3 Builds (Compare 332 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

System: Alienware Aurora-R3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $585
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