Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	18.3 GB free of 22 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '20 at 16:51
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 980-$148 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 87.8 2-Core 177 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 505 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 140 Parallax 132 107% 134 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 23 25 25 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 57%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 289GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 110 113 110 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 54.6 Mixed 39 SusWrite 110 54% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 203% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUS724040ALA640 4TB 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 298GB free Firmware: MFAOAA70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 112 116 112 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 86.5 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 114 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 97%
Hitachi HUS724040ALA640 4TB 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 537GB free Firmware: MFAOAA70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 154 146 149 143 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 46 Write 127 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 147 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.4 102% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 97%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 52GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 64 63 64 65 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 76.3 Write 67.6 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 63.8 47% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 51%
WDC WD10 EADS-00L5B1 1TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 253GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 20 19 20 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 26.6 Write 20.1 Mixed 22 SusWrite 20 29% 22.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 22GB 1,271 User benchmarks, average bench 38% null MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 50%

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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	219x
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 $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16