Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	147% 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	88% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '19 at 19:11
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 199 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 494 54% 424 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan RTX-$1,484 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 168% Nvidia(10DE 12A3) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	147% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 235 Parallax 265 145% 226 fps	MRender 293 Gravity 251 Splatting 159 184% 234 fps
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 179%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 290GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 426 408 352 290 333 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 449 Write 418 Mixed 351 SusWrite 355 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 40.6 126% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 244 170% 211 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 126%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 451GB free Firmware: X212T0RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 427 444 439 425 431 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 454 Write 413 Mixed 268 SusWrite 414 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 27.4 96% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 150 159% 265 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 114%
Samsung 860 Evo 4TB-$380 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2.5TB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 231 240 237 233 235 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	70.5% Very good	Read 234 Write 221 Mixed 224 SusWrite 226 51% 226 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 38.3 122% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 93.4 99% 164 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Z8GX3M1A1600C10 Z8GX3M1A1600C10 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 35.5 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 89%

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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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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 $179	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