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Alienware Aurora-R3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 18:21
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$155 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 89.2 2-Core 167 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 452 46% 371 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.7 Reflection 76.4 Parallax 64.8 62% 72.3 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 69.1 Splatting 71.9 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 53 201864839196 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 583483919 (F7) Unknown 100 100 18234485 (F8) Unknown 100 100 636624 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1943 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.1% Excellent	Read 473 Write 332 Mixed 335 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 35.5 135% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 46 55% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 99%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$84 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 843GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 181 3666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 385 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1260 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 370 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	102% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 186 Mixed 160 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.46 135% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
WD My Book Duo 25F6 6TB 235 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4.5TB free, PID 25f6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 27.1 Mixed 27.7 36% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.33 75% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 106%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 576GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 35 Write 27.7 Mixed 22.9 35% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.32 69% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 4x4GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 16 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 59%

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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	173x
Core i7-2600Intel $155Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	98x
Core i5-2300IntelBench 64%, 19,722 samples	29x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	50x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	31x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $95Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
M378B5273CH0 4x4GBSamsungBench 49%, 117 samples	14x
HMT351U6BFR8 4x4GBHynixBench 49%, 61 samples	9x
HMT41GU7BFR8 HMT351U6CFR8 HMT451U6DFR8 HMT351U6EFR8 20GBHynixBench 56%, 12 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $225	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350