Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '18 at 03:11
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 209 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 558 58% 464 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 86.5 Parallax 84.3 66% 83.9 fps	MRender 80.7 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 70.1 61% 75.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 37 19 20 39 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 346 Write 292 Mixed 221 SusWrite 41.7 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 11.5 42% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 28.8 75% 155 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 40GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 80 89 69 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 57 Write 68.3 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 82.8 47% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 4x4GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 35.3 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

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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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Gaming 58%

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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	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