Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	15.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

23 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1776 x 1000 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '22 at 20:08
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$192 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 90.2 1-Core 66 2-Core 87.3 55% 81.2 Pts	4-Core 110 8-Core 117 15% 113 Pts	64-Core 91.9 6% 91.9 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% AMD(1002 00D0) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1055.0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 21.4 Reflection 21.7 Parallax 19.4 17% 20.8 fps	MRender 14.3 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 11.7 11% 13.9 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 546GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 78 70 55 66 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 204 Write 115 Mixed 46.4 SusWrite 69.5 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.3 243% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 213%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4.5TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 25 28 27 30 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 22.3 Write 22.1 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 25.5 18% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0 105% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion HDD 16TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 21GB free, PID 2032 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 130 135 125 144 134 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.2% Very good	Read 189 Write 137 Mixed 108 SusWrite 135 184% 142 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.2 254% 7.83 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 82%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 19 18 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 23.3 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 18.6 31% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 98% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 60%
Seagate GoFlex Desk 2TB 1,143 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1TB free, PID 50a5 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 18 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	10% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 23.2 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 18.7 28% 22.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 33% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0 4x4GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 51%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $192Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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