Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.2% 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	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '20 at 20:27
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$186 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 74.7 2-Core 149 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 387 40% 324 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Gigabyte(1458 3515) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 25.2 Parallax 19.3 17% 21.9 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 23.7 20% 24.5 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 31 96 55 100 127 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.7% Below average	Read 177 Write 84 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 87.4 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 18.7 60% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 98.5 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 46.9 56% 96.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$32 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 907GB free Firmware: 17.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 120 123 122 125 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 129 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 123 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 74%
JetFlash Transcend 8GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Read 15.8 Write 3.3 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 4.5 7% 6.98 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773CH0 4x2GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.8% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 53%

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

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Typical Aurora-R3 Builds (Compare 333 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	169x
Core i7-2600Intel $186Bench 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 $86Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $605

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16