Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	41.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090312
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 28 '20 at 17:42
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 980-$148 2,215 User benchmarks, average bench 75% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 177 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 498 52% 416 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 60.2 53% 65 fps	MRender 66.7 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 67.6 54% 65.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 2T00 2TB 7,927 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 637GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 212 212 215 213 212 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	60.2% Good	Read 220 Write 225 Mixed 215 SusWrite 213 49% 218 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 29.9 94% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 191 145% 195 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 118%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$85 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 171GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 130 131 130 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 130 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 130 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 85%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 77GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 91 92 92 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 82 Write 78.3 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 90.9 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 104%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$85 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 108GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 75 76 77 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 82.5 Write 78.7 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 75.8 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 85%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 3TB 405 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 97GB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 17 13 28 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 12 Write 25.5 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 28.5 31% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 71% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 61%

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 (72^nd percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 20.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 10.6 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 61%

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

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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	16x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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