Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.2% 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	96.9% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	17.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 00:00
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 87.6 2-Core 172 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 474 46% 380 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Nvidia(10DE 0969) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.2% Very poor	Lighting 21.6 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 8.19 18% 14.9 fps	MRender 19.4 Gravity 15.1 Splatting 15.7 14% 16.7 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 762GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6269 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1212 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16256954527	96.9% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 415 Mixed 424 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 30.9 131% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 113 123% 208 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 133%
Crucial MTFDDAK512MAM-1K1AB 512GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 458GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5145 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 82 82 553 (B2) Unknown 97 97 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 1 1 17494 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 45195243196 (F2) Unknown 100 100 28899808137	51.3% Above average	Read 267 Write 243 Mixed 256 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 11.4 72% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 11.7 36% 77.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 476GB free Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186805104 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9952 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7375909 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29867 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5170 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 62 471203865 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 82988 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 34359738393 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -60842506703193 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34573011205399 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45325807263350	89.2% Excellent	Read 171 Write 140 Mixed 139 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.29 94% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 4x8GB 1,419 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 31.4 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 10.8 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 94%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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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 $129Bench 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: $261

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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