Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '20 at 20:38
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 990-$499 4,994 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 80 2-Core 153 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 405 44% 349 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% PNY(196E 1325) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 86.7 Parallax 75.6 78% 86.2 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 80 Splatting 75.7 62% 75.3 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 178 201 212 212 212 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.7% Good	Read 245 Write 246 Mixed 240 SusWrite 198 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 34.8 112% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 198 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 129%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 169 102 61 60 61 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.2% Above average	Read 253 Write 228 Mixed 221 SusWrite 103 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 25.1 92% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 152 125% 178 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 87%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 466GB free Firmware: GG2OAH10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 103 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 99 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 103 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 58%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 811GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 144 158 164 160 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 171 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 153 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 12.3 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 59%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 70%

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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	15x
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 $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