Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.11% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	2.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 20:01
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$189 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 84 2-Core 159 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 462 43% 359 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6258) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.11% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 11.5 9% 11.1 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 11.7 Splatting 11.1 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 9.11% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LAT-256M2S 256GB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: PNDA Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 300 Write 213 Mixed 205 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 21.1 4K Mixed 12.1 42% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 69.3 DQ Write 35.7 DQ Mixed 40.7 33% 48.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 69GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 98 100 94 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 154 Write 153 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 96.7 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 105GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 27 26 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 31 Write 25.3 Mixed 20 SusWrite 26.2 34% 25.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0 4x4GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	40.3% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.5 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 11.2 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 51%

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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 $189Bench 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 $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 $163	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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16