Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% 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 Drive	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '17 at 07:05
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 100 2-Core 191 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 450 48% 385 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 194 Parallax 200 109% 176 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 180 Splatting 127 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^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 14479 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1291 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 52 52 1450 (AE) Unknown 100 100 796 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 56 193272872991 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 52 52 48 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 83444206528 (F7) Unknown 100 100 152113876 (F8) Unknown 100 100 244868103	65.4% Good	Read 499 Write 139 Mixed 195 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 25.9 98% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 34.2 58% 115 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 42784280 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1817 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 169347417 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14441 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1283 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 262148 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 672596004 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 785 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30819 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 42949672996 (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 85014582669970 (F1) Unknown 100 253 49537458873 (F2) Unknown 100 253 107329050528	76.9% Very good	Read 134 Write 134 Mixed 122 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.23 51% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 924GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 210102072 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 232 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3994915 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10986526343726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (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 70 58 706281502 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 629 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 81604378654 (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 61847529062444 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5889664354 (F2) Unknown 100 253 110552931	65.8% Good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 117 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 833GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25789268266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3083 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 695 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3174 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 188979609633 (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 200 200 0	81.1% Excellent	Read 170 Write 112 Mixed 136 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 7,298 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 32.9 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.7 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 91%

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Workstation 47%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	579x
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	124x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	123x
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 $273	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 $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