Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130925
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 21:10
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 189 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 401 48% 369 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 186 Parallax 171 132% 173 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 175 Splatting 119 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 119 45 52 52 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 455 Write 180 Mixed 249 SusWrite 118 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 35 127% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 142 152% 255 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 116%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 167GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 359 370 376 377 372 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 459 Mixed 423 SusWrite 382 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 44.1 148% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 356GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 106 108 108 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 128 Write 119 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 107 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-PB 4x2GB 1,331 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 29.1 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.3 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 80%

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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	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 $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