Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '19 at 19:57
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	58%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K 4,060 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 183 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 469 46% 378 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 119 Parallax 104 88% 110 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 106 Splatting 90.3 92% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 73GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 424 411 412 422 386 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 423 Mixed 322 SusWrite 411 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 36.1 125% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 350 263% 352 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 99 98 98 97 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 208 Write 126 Mixed 156 SusWrite 99.3 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 30.3 102% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 85.6 DQ Mixed 35.4 33% 49.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 73%
Seagate ST9160301AS 160GB 302 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 35 38 52 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 51 Write 55.3 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 33 32% 43 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 35%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 86GB free Firmware: JC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 65 64 64 66 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 104 Write 95 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 65.5 60% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 68%
Asmedia ASM1053E 500GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 204GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 27 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 21.2 Write 27.5 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 27.6 18% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB 2,354 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 33.3 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 85%

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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 $129Bench 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: $261

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 $184	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) $35	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