Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9% 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	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	4.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091028
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '18 at 13:25
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 975-$550 3,143 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 97.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 203 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 491 51% 411 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1587) 1.5GB CLim: 930 MHz, MLim: 550 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 14 8% 13.2 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 16.4 11% 12.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 9% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 747GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 224 235 236 236 236 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	73.6% Very good	Read 252 Write 238 Mixed 229 SusWrite 226 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 38.8 131% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 199 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 133%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 461GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 115 117 118 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 111 Write 112 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 115 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 461GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 132 133 133 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 51.6 SusWrite 129 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 69%

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 as expected (48^th percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 59%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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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 $15	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