Alienware Aurora R12

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R12 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0P0JWX
Memory	5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210708
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 03:06
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11400F-$116 46,609 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 70.6 1-Core 156 2-Core 309 94% 179 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 930 90% 742 Pts	64-Core 1,153 71% 1,153 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Dell(1028 1365) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.96 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 74.7 Reflection 72.7 Parallax 70.9 61% 72.8 fps	Gravity 66.9 Splatting 0.2 25% 33.5 fps
Poor: 53% Great: 62%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 79 131 102 120 122 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 183 Write 152 Mixed 94.9 SusWrite 101 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.4 132% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown XJV223-MIE 1x16GB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	40.3% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 11.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 69%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 181%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 177%

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System: Alienware Aurora R12

CPU
Core i7-11700FIntelBench 98%, 21,161 samples	910x
Core i5-11400FIntel $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	416x
Core i7-11700KFIntel $240Bench 102%, 17,565 samples	234x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	503x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	482x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	277x

SSD
PC711 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 277%, 3,587 samples	219x
Micron 2300 512GBNvmeBench 206%, 2,103 samples	99x
PC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 250%, 2,402 samples	86x

RAM
XW21KG-HYD-NX 2x8GBUnknownBench 88%, 1,413 samples	205x
XK2M26-MIE-NX 1x16GBUnknownBench 49%, 948 samples	166x
X2YH1K-MIE-NX 2x16GBUnknownBench 95%, 1,460 samples	122x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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