Alienware Aurora R12

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	95.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R12 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0P0JWX
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '21 at 20:14
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700F 21,161 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 76.7 1-Core 186 2-Core 369 110% 211 Pts	4-Core 716 8-Core 1,194 116% 955 Pts	64-Core 1,724 107% 1,724 Pts
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1347) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 91.5 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 83.3 75% 88.4 fps	Gravity 80.3 Splatting 73.5 68% 76.9 fps
Poor: 65% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$60 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 475 480 479 372 345 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 428 Mixed 436 SusWrite 435 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 36.6 116% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 318 244% 332 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 130%
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB 2,373 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 2TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2355 2357 2360 1891 1592 1607 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	394% Outstanding	Read 2,646 Write 2,359 Mixed 1,972 SusWrite 2,027 506% 2,251 MB/s	4K Read 68.5 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 98 328% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,467 DQ Write 1,348 DQ Mixed 1,405 1,055% 1,406 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 394% Great: 438%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 19GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 86 87 88 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 172 Write 86.6 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 85.5 72% 99 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 8TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 5.5TB free Firmware: SN05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 225 226 226 229 226 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 223 Write 199 Mixed 99.9 SusWrite 224 136% 187 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.8 266% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G36C16U4B.M8FE1 4x8GB 2,947 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.4% Very good	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 22.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 25.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 86.8 46% 86.8 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 135%

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Gaming 181%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 177%

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System: Alienware Aurora R12

CPU
Core i7-11700FIntelBench 98%, 21,161 samples	907x
Core i5-11400FIntel $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	415x
Core i7-11700KFIntel $240Bench 102%, 17,565 samples	234x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	501x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	480x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	277x

SSD
PC711 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 277%, 3,587 samples	219x
Micron 2300 512GBNvmeBench 206%, 2,103 samples	99x
PC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 250%, 2,402 samples	86x

RAM
XW21KG-HYD-NX 2x8GBUnknownBench 88%, 1,413 samples	205x
XK2M26-MIE-NX 1x16GBUnknownBench 49%, 948 samples	166x
X2YH1K-MIE-NX 2x16GBUnknownBench 95%, 1,460 samples	121x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $910

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