Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	38% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '20 at 07:53
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 101 2-Core 202 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 636 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 123 Parallax 129 108% 129 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 113 Splatting 99.7 102% 129 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 666GB free (System drive) Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 28 115 4.2 32 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 422 Write 248 Mixed 252 SusWrite 47.3 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 24.4 4K Mixed 12.3 52% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 16.8 DQ Write 93 DQ Mixed 10.7 21% 40.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 58%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 726GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 70 71 70 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 64 Mixed 37 SusWrite 70.7 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 69%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 518GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 35 32 33 29 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 47.2 Write 38.8 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 32.5 26% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 72%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 401GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 110 109 107 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 109 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 67%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 33.5 Mixed 34 SusWrite 13.7 22% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.4 202% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 94%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2.5TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 31 Write 32 Mixed 28 SusWrite 12.5 34% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 59%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1.5TB free, PID 0475 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 30 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 12.6 34% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 111% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 35.5 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 77%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	576x
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	123x
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	122x
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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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