Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '18 at 09:17
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 144 68% 110 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 491 49% 399 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 555 717 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 0958) 1GB CLim: 736 MHz, MLim: 957 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Lighting 14.1 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 12.1 12% 14.3 fps	MRender 18.4 Gravity 13.7 Splatting 14.6 13% 15.6 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 753GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 96 102 98 100 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 82.4 Write 86.3 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 100 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 662GB free Firmware: JC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 113 114 114 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 115 Write 106 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 114 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston K66GKY-ETB 4x8GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 33.6 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 89%

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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	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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16