Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	May 22 '19 at 10:11
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 622 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan Z (SLI Disabled) 571 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1078) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.2% Good	Lighting 84.6 Reflection 58.1 Parallax 70 69% 70.9 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 56.7 Splatting 45 46% 58.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 75%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 512GB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 216 216 200 201 238 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 472 Write 252 Mixed 282 SusWrite 211 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 23.1 92% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 79.6 DQ Mixed 51.9 51% 82.8 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V310 960GB-$310 196 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 302GB free Firmware: S8FM07.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 206 211 46 13 11 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.4% Below average	Read 238 Write 183 Mixed 149 SusWrite 113 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 8.3 43% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 39 DQ Mixed 15.3 26% 53.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 66%
Kingston SSDNow V310 960GB-$310 196 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 274GB free Firmware: S8FM07.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 243 12 12 13 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 486 Write 430 Mixed 205 SusWrite 107 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 8.2 42% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 38.5 DQ Mixed 14.1 26% 53 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 66%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 501GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 70 70 68 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 73.6 Write 72.2 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 70.1 47% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 46%
WD My Book 25DA 8TB 718 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free, PID 25da Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 28.4 Write 22.8 Mixed 21 SusWrite 23.7 32% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 95% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 4x8GB 1,419 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 36.2 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 94%

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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	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 $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 $40	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