Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '16 at 16:34
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 621 69% 542 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 122 Parallax 113 96% 117 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 3 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 758 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 34 146030526498 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 286 (F1) Unknown 253 253 276 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.7% Good	Read 501 Write 329 Mixed 315 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 18 74% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 40.3 56% 106 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 465GB free Firmware: DEM4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 114632828 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 103992794 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2004 (B8) Unknown 91 91 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 639303714 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 342 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40435 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 38 114632828 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 79907866544604 (F1) Unknown 100 253 194848291 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3471124004 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	52.5% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 90.2 Mixed 88.3 68% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.24 63% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 463GB free Firmware: DEM4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54987627 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2702 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 267832076 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2009 (B8) Unknown 86 86 14 (BB) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 61 588906531 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 574 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 109930 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 51539607587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 42 54987627 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -122161754794046 (F1) Unknown 100 253 413449694 (F2) Unknown 100 253 173107201 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	53.3% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 93.3 Mixed 82.8 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.24 62% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata AM2U139C4P2- 4x4GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.7 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 48%

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

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Workstation 31%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	170x
Core i7-2600Intel $201Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	94x
Core i5-2300IntelBench 64%, 19,722 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	50x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	34x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $154	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $390	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406