Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28% 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 Drive	55.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100427
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '22 at 21:05
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 930-$249 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 above expectations (65^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 68.1 2-Core 123 61% 95.3 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 300 32% 253 Pts	64-Core 307 19% 307 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled) 5,438 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Nvidia(10DE 095B) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28% Poor	Lighting 31.3 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 43 26% 36.5 fps	MRender 48 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 35.8 33% 40.9 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 190 178 178 170 167 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	55.3% Above average	Read 222 Write 197 Mixed 199 SusWrite 170 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 26.7 91% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 146 117% 165 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 94%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 96 96 97 94 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 90.5 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 94.8 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 14 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

System: Alienware Aurora

CPU
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	218x
Core i7 930Intel $249Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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