Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '19 at 19:23
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 203 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 457 55% 424 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.9% Very good	Lighting 91.2 Reflection 98.7 Parallax 93.1 74% 94.3 fps	MRender 85.7 Gravity 84 Splatting 86.5 70% 85.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 50GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 232 226 212 169 146 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.4% Above average	Read 231 Write 226 Mixed 218 SusWrite 203 50% 220 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 21.1 70% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 150 127% 184 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 275 182 179 196 186 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 473 Mixed 380 SusWrite 245 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 49.2 160% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 246 217% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GB 3,272 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 30.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 83%

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

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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	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