Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	11.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100730
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '22 at 03:31
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (24^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 X 980-$148 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 85 2-Core 155 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 465 41% 348 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 63.7 Reflection 72.4 Parallax 89.3 52% 75.1 fps	MRender 62.6 Gravity 58.5 Splatting 43.7 44% 54.9 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 780GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 240 242 245 246 246 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	73% Very good	Read 259 Write 247 Mixed 233 SusWrite 242 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 38.7 124% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 184 144% 197 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 125%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 248 Write 238 Mixed 201 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 29.4 98% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 192 143% 190 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 104%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 276GB free Firmware: JP4OA3FF SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 84 72 89 89 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 83.3 Write 94.4 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 85.9 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 6 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 6.2 21% 7.37 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 9.7 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	27"	1280 720	ACI27F1 MT276

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

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 $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