Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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.
Boot Drive	255% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

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System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '19 at 19:55
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 766 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 915 57% 915 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2007 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 140 Parallax 119 108% 130 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 92% 113 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 444GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1387 1386 1385 1390 1390 1359 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,010 Write 1,378 Mixed 889 SusWrite 1383 316% 1,415 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 57 203% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 823 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 444 374% 556 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 465GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 788 584 584 584 587 586 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC9C SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 174 173 180 176 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 124 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 173 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 181 181 179 180 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 176 Mixed 97.1 SusWrite 180 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 5,745 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 53GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 19 20 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 32.1 Write 18.9 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 19.4 29% 23 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.5 115% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 M378B1G73DB0-CK0 F641GU67G1600G Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G6N1 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 37.1 110% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	453x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	233x

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 $269	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