Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '19 at 01:46
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 201 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 507 54% 430 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 27.6 Parallax 30.9 21% 28.1 fps	MRender 24.7 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 32.8 22% 26.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,859 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 212 227 318 279 302 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 440 Write 363 Mixed 279 SusWrite 273 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 23.9 106% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 39.3 38% 57.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 99%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 844GB free Firmware: JP4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 89 139 104 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 143 Write 143 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 124 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 581GB free Firmware: 19.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 103 70 111 90 114 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 92.7 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 99.2 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 74%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 217GB free Firmware: 03.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 87 114 83 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 118 Write 117 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 103 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP655409-150 4x2GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 57%

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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 $194Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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