Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.2% 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	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 23:31
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 186 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 439 57% 431 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 116F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.2% Below average	Lighting 42.1 Reflection 48.6 Parallax 41.1 34% 43.9 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 39 Splatting 38.1 31% 38 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 16 6.3 5.8 289 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	70% Good	Read 482 Write 265 Mixed 395 SusWrite 126 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 23.5 107% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 34.8 87% 176 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 92%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 365GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 417 421 426 399 417 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 484 Write 415 Mixed 392 SusWrite 386 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 23.8 109% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 34.4 89% 183 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 92%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 404GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 76 77 77 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	45% Average	Read 80.7 Write 58.4 Mixed 48.3 SusWrite 75.9 48% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 57%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 400GB free Firmware: CR100-13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 121 122 122 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 107 Write 126 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 121 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 44%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 524GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 103 103 105 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 112 Write 100 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 102 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0 4x4GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 59: 8R 3G 10B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
59%	24%	89	233	166	60	21.7"	1920 1080	HWP302F HP 22xi

History: Score 41: 4R 4G 9B | Score 59: 8R 3G 10B

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Workstation 31%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	169x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 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 $66Bench 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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Total price: $585

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16