Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	127% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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 07JNH0
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '20 at 22:59
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$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 (83^rd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 95.3 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 575 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 118 Parallax 110 90% 113 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 669 732 708 738 739 742 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 1,018 Write 787 Mixed 384 SusWrite 721 162% 727 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 28.1 98% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 393 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 30.1 87% 193 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 446%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 498 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 202 201 205 205 205 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 238 Write 184 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 203 129% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.2 255% 2 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 223%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 116 115 122 109 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 84.2 Write 100 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 110 64% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.5 173% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 34 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 12.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 92%

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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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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