Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121026
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '18 at 00:06
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 199 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 504 52% 419 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 80%

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: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 76.9 67% 82.2 fps	MRender 79.9 Gravity 74.5 Splatting 68.1 60% 74.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 475 Write 444 Mixed 366 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 42.9 144% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 237 196% 276 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 88GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 420 443 442 437 412 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 433 Mixed 314 SusWrite 426 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 33 124% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 115 127% 211 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 110%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 129GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 293 289 287 286 291 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 343 Write 194 Mixed 285 SusWrite 289 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 27.7 88% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 32.3 49% 91.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 264GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 154 155 155 155 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 142 Write 98.5 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 152 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 114%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 30 Write 26 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 25.4 36% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 112% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 103%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 295 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 38GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 27 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 22.2 Mixed 25 SusWrite 25.9 35% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 3.2 210% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C1 4x8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 31.7 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 10.8 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 100%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	578x
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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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