Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	158% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091028
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '20 at 04:36
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 83.4 2-Core 159 69% 113 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 378 40% 322 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.97 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	158% Outstanding	Lighting 214 Reflection 203 Parallax 242 174% 220 fps	MRender 265 Gravity 222 Splatting 153 168% 213 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 321GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 125 138 138 138 138 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67% Good	Read 250 Write 237 Mixed 236 SusWrite 134 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 39.1 128% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 195 146% 194 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 135%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 885GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 136 152 153 152 153 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67.4% Good	Read 248 Write 239 Mixed 239 SusWrite 148 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 39 127% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 195 147% 196 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 133%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 438GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 127 140 142 141 142 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 144 Write 180 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 137 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 344% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 107%
Seagate ST12000DM0007-2GR116 12TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 133 149 149 149 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 42% Great: 93%
Asmt 2105 8TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 6.8 7 6.5 6.9 6.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	6.76% Terrible	Read 16.6 Write 13 Mixed 16 SusWrite 6.8 10% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 47% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.76% Great: 109%
Asmt 2105 8TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 9.6 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 28.9 Write 30.3 Mixed 22 SusWrite 9.5 17% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.9 229% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 109%
Asmt 2105 2TB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 8.7 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	8.84% Terrible	Read 22 Write 9.5 Mixed 18.2 SusWrite 8.5 11% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 105% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 8.84% Great: 103%

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 (96^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 14.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 57%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 70%

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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 $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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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