Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0H869M
Memory	20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '18 at 07:11
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 975-$550 3,143 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 87.4 2-Core 173 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 447 45% 367 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 68.3 64% 75.2 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 75.3 60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102HD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 27 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21975 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4004 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 646 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 360517 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 1799 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 373322688 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	37.7% Below average	Read 255 Write 107 Mixed 148 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 6.86 54% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 84.8 DQ Mixed 47.8 55% 96.3 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 46%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 753GB free Firmware: 00.0NA00 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 3808 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 89 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 15 62452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 89 (C2) HDA temperature 107 102 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.5% Good	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 96.3 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.38 116% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%
Hitachi HUA721075KLA330 750GB 2,229 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 206GB free Firmware: GK8OA90A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 110 110 42985194014 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3347 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 69839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 999 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3515 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3515 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 249108693035 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	37.9% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 68.2 Mixed 68.5 50% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.51 120% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 47%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$27 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 149GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 129 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7366 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4171 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 608 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7365 (C2) HDA temperature 108 89 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58% Above average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 94.4 74% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.43 104% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x4GB 28,320 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6 of 6 slots used 24GB DIMM Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 20.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 13.9 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 61%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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