Alienware Aurora

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	46.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

System	Alienware Aurora (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0H869M
Memory	8.5 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '16 at 05:12
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 68.1 2-Core 136 62% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 344 37% 296 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% AMD(1002 2543) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1055.0 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 13 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.7 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (26^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 15 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 195 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 38 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 100 184683593760 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1767 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1008 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1034	46.7% Average	Read 265 Write 224 Mixed 249 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 4.24 56% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 21.9 53% 111 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 399GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2436 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1885 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2224 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.7% Above average	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 96.6 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.41 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 76%
HP Photosmart Premi 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 12GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	7.83% Terrible	Read 9.15 Write 6.15 Mixed 7.38 9% 7.56 MB/s	4K Read 3.36 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 1.17 101% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.83% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% null MHz 4096, 4096, 1024, 1024 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	28% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 7.6 24% 8.27 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 7.7 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 45%

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Gaming 22%

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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	219x
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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16