Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37% 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	62.2% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 09:40
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 218 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 611 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 2683) 2GB CLim: 1314 MHz, MLim: 1749 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 44.4 Reflection 41.5 Parallax 56.9 36% 47.6 fps	MRender 55.2 Gravity 51.7 Splatting 38.5 39% 48.4 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22066 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 675 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 316 (B2) Unknown 95 95 94 (B3) Unknown 95 95 184 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3848 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 301 (E8) Unknown 95 95 1922 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20587045674 (F2) Unknown 99 99 28903561408	62.2% Good	Read 475 Write 245 Mixed 307 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 35.8 4K Mixed 17.1 66% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 72.7 DQ Mixed 61.2 76% 140 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 73%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 884GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 86 (03) Spinup time 125 125 38687343092 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 929 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20578 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3183 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 219043201058 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.3% Good	Read 118 Write 117 Mixed 124 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 89%
ASMT ASM1156-PM 4TB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 93GB free, PID 55aa Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 67.4 Write 73.6 Mixed 69.9 92% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.26 54% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 72%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 256GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 86GB free, PID a838 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 116 Write 50.3 Mixed 27.9 67% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.28 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.5 49% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8 4x4GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 58%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $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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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