Alienware Aurora-R2

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	25.9% 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)
Memory	12GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora-R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0RV30W
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '17 at 02:07
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 650-$70 42,063 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 84.1 2-Core 152 61% 103 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 212 28% 212 Pts	64-Core 212 13% 212 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PNY(196E 1000) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.9% Poor	Lighting 31 Reflection 31 Parallax 38.8 25% 33.6 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 36.2 Splatting 26.2 27% 34.1 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1462 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 825 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4783671238
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 31GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 97 97 11604 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4087 (B1) Unknown 96 96 121 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 60 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 1 1 4294967204 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10353424465	52.6% Above average	Read 240 Write 232 Mixed 238 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 16.5 81% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 16.5 38% 74.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 906GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94209873 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7905 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 175674618 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4017 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 454623259 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 13 94209873 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 88265872929251 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1061955721 (F2) Unknown 100 253 669384516	65.8% Good	Read 115 Write 115 Mixed 106 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 12GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.8% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 7.8 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 92.7 43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 53%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

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Workstation 17%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R2

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $320Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	28x
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	11x
Core i5-750Intel $94Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	8x
HD 5870AMDBench 19%, 10,176 samples	5x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	5x

SSD
Solid State Disk 1TBSpccBench 79%, 17,192 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x

RAM
M378B5673FH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5673FH0-CH9 8GBSamsungBench 38%, 12 samples	3x
M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 12GBSamsungBench 46%, 31 samples	3x
CT51264BD160BJ.M8F Reboto DDR3 4gb CT51264BD160BJ.C8F Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 16GBUnknownBench 22%, 8 samples	3x

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Total price: $379

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $166	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353