Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	18.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '18 at 21:58
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	43.4% Average	Memory 67.6 1-Core 32.8 2-Core 60.3 37% 53.6 Pts	4-Core 105 8-Core 264 21% 184 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.3% Good	Lighting 61.1 Reflection 81.3 Parallax 108 50% 83.3 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 101 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 399 334 248 247 241 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 369 Write 432 Mixed 347 SusWrite 306 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 31.7 4K Mixed 22.1 71% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 148 111% 149 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 99%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 148 145 145 149 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 134 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 146 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 930GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 181 191 193 179 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 132 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 182 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 3x8GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 23.3 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 5.5 19% 6.6 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 80%

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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	580x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	455x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	124x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $272

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16