Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics8.38% 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 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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Aurora  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 04VWF2
Memory10.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20101110
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJul 22 '19 at 05:46
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7 930-$199
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
77.4% Very good
Memory 96.4
1-Core 85.3
2-Core 170
71% 117 Pts
4-Core 323
8-Core 421
47% 372 Pts
64-Core 421
26% 421 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX
BFG(19F1 0A76) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.92
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
8.38% Terrible
Lighting 11.4
Reflection 10.2
Parallax 3.87
9% 8.49 fps
MRender 9.33
Gravity 8.63
Splatting 6.87
7% 8.28 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 8.38%
Great: 8%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32
893GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 184 196 195 176 199 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 195
Write 194
Mixed 83.8
SusWrite 180
119% 163 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 107%
Great: 112%
Samsung HD160JJ/P 160GB-$40
149GB free
Firmware: ZM10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 60 60 61 60 59 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
34.5% Below average
Read 61
Write 63.3
Mixed 41
SusWrite 58.9
41% 56.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 34.5%
Great: 34%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 6x2GB
6 of 6 slots used
12GB DIMM
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
60.6% Good
MC Read 22.9
MC Write 18.8
MC Mixed 22.4
61% 21.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 13.2
SC Mixed 16
40% 14.1 GB/s
Latency 52.5
76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 37%
This bench: 60.6%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora Builds (Compare 505 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

System: Alienware Aurora

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $249
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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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