Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '19 at 00:31
Run Duration	292 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 670 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 183 Parallax 186 142% 181 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 177 Splatting 121 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,807 Write 4883 Mixed 4,482 1,056% 4724 MB/s	4K Read 229 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 140 601% 170 MB/s	DQ Read 543 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 422 317% 429 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 285GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 458 453 454 462 460 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 443 Mixed 383 SusWrite 458 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 41.3 138% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 352 264% 351 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 226GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2155 1609 1674 1670 1670 1662 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,365 Write 2,124 Mixed 1,791 SusWrite 1740 450% 2,005 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 69.1 222% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 473 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 448 331% 437 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 410%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC94 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 94 97 95 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 87.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 94.9 61% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 165 163 165 162 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 152 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 163 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5TB free Firmware: AR15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 141 133 140 136 139 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 41.8 123% 43.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $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