Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.3% 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	84.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 17:31
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	31%

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 i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 98 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 617 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled) 5,438 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 8406) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Lighting 67.1 Reflection 36.9 Parallax 44.8 55% 49.6 fps	MRender 49 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 35.1 33% 41.1 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M550_2.5"_7mm_256GB 256GB 830 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: DL03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1359 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 281 (B2) Unknown 100 100 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (F1) Unknown 100 100 42718265164 (F2) Unknown 100 100 32915123340	84.1% Excellent	Read 515 Write 467 Mixed 480 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 16 99% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 15.8 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 15.9 49% 97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 727GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104014376 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2307 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 95828048 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15054 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1413 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 59 471334937 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 466 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 14 14 172333 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 38654705689 (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 -84323092911998 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35613183439 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48628090182	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 183 Mixed 178 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.35 105% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GB 3,272 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 32.6 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 83%

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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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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