Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100730
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '18 at 11:37
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$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 (97^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 174 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 448 47% 375 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Nvidia(10DE 083D) 1GB CLim: 650 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Lighting 13.8 Reflection 16.1 Parallax 12.4 11% 14.1 fps	MRender 19.8 Gravity 14.1 Splatting 16.3 14% 16.7 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 105 111 107 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 123 Write 116 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 99.2 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.4 114% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 144 144 142 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 146 Write 135 Mixed 65 SusWrite 143 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 146GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 55.6 Mixed 39.1 SusWrite 57.2 39% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 35%
Lacie P9220 500GB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 436GB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 16.6 Write 30.3 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 25.3 18% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer 4GB 3,128 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 4GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 7.1 6.7 7.1 6.7 6.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	6.02% Terrible	Read 23.5 Write 3 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 6.8 10% 9.45 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.02% Great: 13%

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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 18 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 12.8 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 57%

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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	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 $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16