Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	80.8% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 10:43
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 200 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 583 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Nvidia(10DE 104B) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.36 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 41% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 182 142 114 107 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 486 Write 360 Mixed 250 SusWrite 143 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 35.4 130% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 127 140% 234 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 116%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 3TB 2,213 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 178 174 177 180 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 170 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 176 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 500GB 3,334 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 70GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 70 70 72 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 88.7 Write 85.5 Mixed 38 SusWrite 70.7 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 4x8GB 1,248 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 35.2 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

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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