Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.79% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '18 at 08:22
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 547 60% 476 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E266) 1GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.79% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 9.42 Parallax 9.31 6% 8.81 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 11.1 8% 9.33 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.79% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 448 440 444 446 225 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 445 Mixed 432 SusWrite 407 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 52.4 170% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 296 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 176GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 113 110 111 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 157 Write 101 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 111 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4JTF25664AZ-1G6E1 4x2GB 328 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 31.9 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 86%

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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	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 $130Bench 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: $262

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 $182	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) $30	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