Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 02:46
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$248 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 691 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 848 52% 848 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Lighting 86.7 Reflection 85.3 Parallax 76.3 71% 82.8 fps	MRender 81.4 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 68.1 61% 75.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 691GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7451 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1699 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 71 61 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 50 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7948287317	102% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 477 Mixed 500 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 36.2 124% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 143 154% 257 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Crucial MTFDDAK512MAM-1K1AB 512GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4096 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4513 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 1 (B1) Unknown 94 94 206 (B2) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 1 1 17517 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 88649719360 (F2) Unknown 100 100 162799808428	56.8% Above average	Read 491 Write 250 Mixed 336 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 11.2 57% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 11.6 37% 80 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 74%
Crucial MTFDDAK512MAM-1K1AB 512GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 167GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (19^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 16384 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4515 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 64 (B2) Unknown 89 89 33 (B3) Unknown 100 100 4 (B4) Unknown 2 2 17438 (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 42531447335 (F2) Unknown 100 100 102501347453	50.3% Above average	Read 267 Write 237 Mixed 252 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 11.3 68% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 7.74 36% 80.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 34.8 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.5 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 96%

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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