Alienware Aurora R12

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 118%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 110%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Aurora R12  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0P0JWX
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210810
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 03 '21 at 19:09
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-11400F-$116
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
98.8% Outstanding
Memory 75.7
1-Core 167
2-Core 334
101% 192 Pts
4-Core 653
8-Core 996
102% 825 Pts
64-Core 1135
70% 1135 Pts
Poor: 88%
This bench: 98.8%
Great: 101%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.96
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
120% Outstanding
Lighting 159
Reflection 178
Parallax 166
130% 168 fps
MRender 130
Gravity 167
Splatting 123
113% 140 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 120%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB
885GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 401020WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 469 478 470 482 479 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 415
Write 394
Mixed 337
SusWrite 469
91% 404 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 52.3
183% 66.1 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 251
213% 312 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 117%
Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
913GB free
Firmware: 13057113
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 185 187 186 188 187 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 179
Mixed 90.3
SusWrite 187
119% 163 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.2
236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 109%
Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 189 195 193 196 202 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
92.3% Outstanding
Read 127
Write 141
Mixed 73.7
SusWrite 195
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 92.3%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 8A450000802C CL16-18-18 D4-3000 16GB
2933, 2933 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
82.4% Excellent
MC Read 39.7
MC Write 26.7
MC Mixed 23.4
86% 29.9 GB/s
SC Read 21.6
SC Write 27
SC Mixed 24.6
70% 24.4 GB/s
Latency 88.8
45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R12 Builds (Compare 2,111 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 181%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 103%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 177%
UFO

System: Alienware Aurora R12

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $600
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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial 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 $40SanDisk 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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