Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.8% 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	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	13.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 13:28
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 96.5 1-Core 89.6 2-Core 173 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 412 44% 348 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Lighting 26.6 Reflection 20.3 Parallax 22.7 22% 23.2 fps	MRender 19.4 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 27.4 19% 22.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5181 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3853 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 106 (AE) Unknown 100 100 668 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 51 210454249506 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 37109192629 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1174214122 (F8) Unknown 100 100 85396301	51.7% Above average	Read 267 Write 255 Mixed 259 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 14.9 81% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 50.8 DQ Mixed 14.9 18% 29.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 111%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 109 (03) Spinup time 119 119 51579585119 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 20184 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6404 (C0) Power-off retract count 76 76 29051 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 29051 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 197569216546 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.2% Very good	Read 123 Write 122 Mixed 101 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 324GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 189101008 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18438 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 154047381 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6413 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180196871 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 555286558 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 34359738398 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 21 189101008 (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 43563853312553 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2324820097 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3034417654	53.2% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 91.3 Mixed 92 70% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.61 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-435. 2x4GB 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1867 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	65.4% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 21.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns

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System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	169x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $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