Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.53% 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	54.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	6.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100730
Uptime	17.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '17 at 16:14
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (52^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 930-$199 19,497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 145 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 376 41% 324 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5970 (Crossfire Disabled) 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 17% AMD(1002 2042) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9.53% Terrible	Lighting 13.3 Reflection 7.27 Parallax 12.1 11% 10.9 fps	MRender 6.29 Gravity 9.93 Splatting 9 7% 8.41 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 9.53% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10791250 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -107752139513943 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2039 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 412 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 6963 (C2) HDA temperature 39 43 90197131303 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10791250 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 12 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10791250 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10791250 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7751 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8007 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8007 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7963	54.8% Above average	Read 260 Write 217 Mixed 219 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 18.2 82% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 76 77% 126 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 845GB free Firmware: CC9C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16805792 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2565853 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7096 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2119 (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 62 52 656146470 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 409 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24230 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 85899345958 (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 -126508261702438 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12104442631643 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22555847675036	82.6% Excellent	Read 152 Write 136 Mixed 141 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 112%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 445GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 88 180332113 (03) Spinup time 91 83 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6801 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 354 (07) Seek error rate 64 55 64473253242 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 45 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2931 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 169 (BC) Unknown 100 97 12885098502 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 773521445 (C2) HDA temperature 37 52 73014444069 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 27 180332113 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	34.7% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 56.5 Mixed 60.2 45% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 59%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 109GB free Firmware: 03.03E03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 14 (03) Spinup time 134 133 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6709 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5512 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1938 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6709 (C2) HDA temperature 106 92 37 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.3% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 85.3 Mixed 93.8 68% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.36 93% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 58%

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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 23 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 22.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 13 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 59%

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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	15x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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