Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39% 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	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 10 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04VWF2
Memory	2.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100730
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '16 at 16:57
Run Duration	509 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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 930-$144 19,497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 68 2-Core 165 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 418 42% 341 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39% Below average	Lighting 51.5 Reflection 47.2 Parallax 42.2 42% 47 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 42.9 Splatting 39.3 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460 120GB-$200 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 10GB free Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15569 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2120 (AB) Unknown 80 80 40875088 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 71 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1473 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13657 (F9) Unknown 100 100 82252889	55.6% Above average	Read 261 Write 171 Mixed 218 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 20.6 88% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 74.4 85% 147 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 100%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -29094108460027 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2091 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 37 68721901601 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 405102 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 48 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 90 90 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 405102 (F2) Unknown 100 100 370670 (F9) Unknown 100 100 83245	57.2% Above average	Read 264 Write 222 Mixed 214 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 20.1 84% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 44.8 69% 131 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 734GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 81 227969247 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6178 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 149816254 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2443 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4637 (BC) Unknown 100 91 16 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 60 639631397 (C2) HDA temperature 37 40 42949672997 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 18 227969247 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 12 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -47051366681247 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2668276638 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3717040236	54.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 83.7 Mixed 26.9 53% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.45 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 68%
TRUSTED Mass Storage 4.5TB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 932GB free, PID 4d10 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	9.32% Terrible	Read 1.66 Write 14.2 Mixed 13.5 15% 9.78 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.17 73% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.32% Great: 19%
SDHC Card 16GB 8,111 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 22 Write 19.4 Mixed 19 25% 20.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 1.01 88% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 24%
Compact Flash Card 4GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 0GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	8.9% Terrible	Read 38.8 Write 11.4 Mixed 14.9 23% 21.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 13% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.9% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 6 slots used 6GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 18.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 12.9 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 52%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

System: Alienware Aurora

CPU
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	222x
Core i7 930Intel $144Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	87x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	52x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	37x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	34x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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	81x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	73x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	65x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $249

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $229	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $397