Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	83.8% 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, 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 17:10
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 628 67% 534 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Asus(1043 04E2) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 117 Parallax 247 116% 169 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 161 115% 137 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 00RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 157 134 137 165 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 456 Write 431 Mixed 281 SusWrite 159 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 43.4 157% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.2 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 209 149% 181 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 93%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 55GB free Firmware: 04RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 200 208 216 203 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 452 Write 386 Mixed 304 SusWrite 212 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 7 64% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 81.3 DQ Write 82.9 DQ Mixed 14.8 30% 59.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 803GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 176 175 177 177 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 161 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 175 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 35.1 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 60%

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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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16