Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	44.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	36.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '16 at 20:04
Run Duration	81 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (85^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 95.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 512 51% 417 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,811 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM08D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 35701 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 326 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 143 (B2) Unknown 77 77 910 (B3) Unknown 78 78 1792 (B4) Unknown 78 78 6272 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 77 77 3122 (F1) Unknown 32 32 2932646544 (F2) Unknown 83 83 712403999	44.5% Average	Read 247 Write 245 Mixed 199 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 8.9 54% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 68.3 DQ Mixed 12 29% 60.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 55%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 305GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2416 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 88 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10199 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 226 (C2) HDA temperature 111 107 32 (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	79.1% Very good	Read 152 Write 124 Mixed 108 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.31 108% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%

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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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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $585

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 $178	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