Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.3% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130925
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 20:07
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 477 52% 410 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled) 5,438 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Nvidia(10DE 095B) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Lighting 64.9 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 42.3 53% 47.5 fps	MRender 48.6 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 33.7 32% 40.4 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC8110E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2041 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 49378 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1632 (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 245689 (F2) Unknown 100 100 306177	89.3% Excellent	Read 480 Write 417 Mixed 428 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 33.4 106% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 98.2 117% 204 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 565GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 141012032 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3647 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 108480374 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2033 (B7) Unknown 2 2 98 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 150326150036 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 60 370016278 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 102245 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 17179869206 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 221 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -114757231175952 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29824207919 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32174777751	98.3% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 173 Mixed 161 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.33 105% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 4x4GB 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 26.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.2% 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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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	580x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	455x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	124x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16