Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.8% 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	91.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '19 at 06:41
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 595 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 90% 110 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 100 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 401 380 417 415 386 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 377 Write 396 Mixed 316 SusWrite 403 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 34.2 128% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 185 164% 242 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 110%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 148 141 152 149 146 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 159 Write 190 Mixed 104 SusWrite 149 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 361% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 107%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 225 215 227 231 210 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 222 Write 214 Mixed 106 SusWrite 222 140% 191 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.8 353% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 136%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 006a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.1 7.7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.86% Terrible	Read 23.8 Write 9.5 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 8.1 15% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0 36% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.86% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A1866C1 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C1 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 34.7 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.8 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 106%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

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