Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.4% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 046MHW
Memory4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1280 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110525
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateJul 11 '19 at 18:33
Run Duration158 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
86% Excellent
Memory 93
1-Core 116
2-Core 232
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 457
8-Core 452
61% 455 Pts
64-Core 450
28% 450 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 86%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 113
Parallax 94.7
88% 105 fps
MRender 96.4
Gravity 97.7
Splatting 97.8
80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB
725GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 59 81 46 86 101 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
54% Above average
Read 118
Write 122
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 69.3
70% 94.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 54%
Great: 75%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
711GB free
Firmware: MS2OA800
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 172 174 174 179 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
100% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 166
Mixed 32
SusWrite 171
99% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 100%
Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39
930GB free
Firmware: 19.01H19
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 127 128 129 128 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
75.4% Very good
Read 135
Write 124
Mixed 77
SusWrite 128
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 74%
SMI USB DISK 16GB
15GB free, PID null
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.1 8.9 9 8.5 6 8.7 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
10.2% Very poor
Read 31.3
Write 6
Mixed 3.7
SusWrite 8.2
12% 12.3 MB/s
4K Read 3.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0
47% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 10.2%
Great: 35%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya NT2GC64B88B0 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
51.8% Above average
MC Read 17.1
MC Write 18.6
MC Mixed 16.1
49% 17.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 19.2
SC Mixed 16.8
48% 16.8 GB/s
Latency 62.1
64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 51.8%
Great: 52%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora-R3 Builds (Compare 332 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

System: Alienware Aurora-R3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $585
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