Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45.2% 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)
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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 22:54
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 202 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 552 55% 449 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 0781) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.2% Average	Lighting 54.4 Reflection 48.9 Parallax 64.4 44% 55.9 fps	MRender 66.3 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 47.3 47% 58.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 853GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 100 96 105 85 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 179 Write 102 Mixed 30 SusWrite 94 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 213%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 335 404 395 425 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 276 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 383 204% 283 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 2.1 756% 5.37 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 236%
WD My Passport 25EA 4TB 1,124 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2TB free, PID 25ea Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 83 93 92 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 93.7 Write 87.8 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 91.5 107% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.2 61% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ 4x4GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 54%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	169x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $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