Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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.
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, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '19 at 03:55
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 689 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 829 51% 829 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 1511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 136 Parallax 156 122% 147 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 141 Splatting 111 116% 146 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6L1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,896 Write 1,509 Mixed 853 314% 1,419 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 71.5 239% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 743 DQ Write 581 DQ Mixed 638 484% 654 MB/s
Poor: 126% Great: 259%
Plextor PX-128M6G-2242 128GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 119GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 205 205 206 210 205 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 438 Write 206 Mixed 207 SusWrite 206 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 24.4 89% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 53.2 DQ Mixed 38.4 42% 72.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 13GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 91 94 96 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 184 Write 150 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 93.3 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 554 663 649 682 682 676 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	383% Outstanding	Read 685 Write 565 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 651 348% 485 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 1.8 581% 5.03 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 383% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 50.7 MC Write 49 MC Mixed 47.9 141% 49.2 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 14.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 121%

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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 $274	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 $184	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