Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '17 at 03:13
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 690 66% 546 Pts	64-Core 898 56% 898 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2005 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Lighting 89.8 Reflection 90.1 Parallax 79.5 73% 86.5 fps	MRender 90.8 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 70.7 65% 80.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 201GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 964 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 184 (64) Unknown 100 100 467264 (65) Unknown 100 100 157504 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 68 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2478 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 171799543839 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 692 (EA) Unknown 100 100 433 (F1) Unknown 100 100 624 (F2) Unknown 100 100 552 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	53.9% Above average	Read 479 Write 262 Mixed 270 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 8.72 61% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 33.7 DQ Mixed 8.53 12% 21.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 92%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8114 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1943 (A5) Unknown 100 100 429582386329 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 70 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 188 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 47 201864380455 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5755328529724 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5561 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12262 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8104 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7240 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.7% Good	Read 475 Write 269 Mixed 239 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 10.2 75% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 47.4 54% 87.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: JC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29808144 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 203102815 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13267 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3391 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131081 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 605683748 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 30064771108 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 15 29808144 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 102641128462130 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3647368416 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2085659437	61.1% Good	Read 112 Write 101 Mixed 97.7 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.51 119% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 68%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 674GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 118 98 7083 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4002 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20262 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3397 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1008 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 108943 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 89.6 Mixed 85.6 69% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 4x8GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 34.9 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 100%

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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	453x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	233x

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 $254	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16