Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	21.7% 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	43.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 06:59
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39.9% Below average	Memory 53 1-Core 30.5 2-Core 68.5 32% 50.7 Pts	4-Core 142 8-Core 568 37% 355 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% AMD(1002 0B00) 3GB CLim: 820 MHz, MLim: 1255 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	21.7% Poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 25.2 Parallax 49.2 20% 33.1 fps	MRender 25.6 Gravity 32.3 Splatting 31.2 24% 29.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 141 96 91 88 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 299 Write 232 Mixed 229 SusWrite 121 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 12.4 64% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 22.9 41% 81.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 74%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 169GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 302 307 334 319 314 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 423 Write 384 Mixed 274 SusWrite 313 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 17.9 60% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 97.3 DQ Mixed 128 100% 142 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 86%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 177 179 180 175 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 185 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 178 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.2 200% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 244GB free, PID a0a4 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 77 79 83 78 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 116 Write 68.5 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 79 106% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 59% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 72%
Maxtor OneTouch 500GB 752 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 302GB free, PID 7310 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 23 22 22 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 24.8 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 22.4 32% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 21%
Seagate BUP RD 4TB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3TB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 97 100 109 101 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 100 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 101 120% 89 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 191% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 58%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 669 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 466GB free, PID 2321 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 25 24 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 27 Mixed 26 SusWrite 24.8 36% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 43%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 250GB 809 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 162GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 19 18 22 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 86.5 Write 26.2 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 20.4 48% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.4 86% 2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M 4x4GB 460 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 33.8 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 5.5 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 150 27% 150 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 97%

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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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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	577x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	451x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	232x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	123x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	91x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	122x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	58x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	54x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $262

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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