Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 03:32
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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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 i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 92.7 2-Core 183 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 513 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 623 38% 623 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.8% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 108 Parallax 101 81% 103 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 96.4 78% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LAT-256M2S 256GB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: PNDA SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 218 222 224 209 194 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.8% Average	Read 229 Write 226 Mixed 198 SusWrite 213 49% 217 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 15.4 55% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 70.4 DQ Write 45.2 DQ Mixed 48.5 39% 54.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 56%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 866GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 426 433 441 444 443 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 468 Mixed 446 SusWrite 432 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 42.8 138% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 312 232% 308 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 175GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 293 294 294 294 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 460 Mixed 408 SusWrite 306 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 43 140% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 314 235% 313 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 515GB free Firmware: JC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 114 115 117 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 115 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 71%

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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	455x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	124x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16