Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '20 at 03:42
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 719 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 124 Parallax 184 122% 152 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 171 Splatting 119 110% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 547GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 23 36 52 46 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 86.7 Write 87.3 Mixed 61 SusWrite 36.5 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 184GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 107 104 108 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 97 Write 79.3 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 106 57% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.4 166% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 342GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 85 88 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 80.7 Write 81.2 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 86.1 55% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 57%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 509GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 100 104 102 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 156 Write 135 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 102 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 195GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 29 31 32 32 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 35 Write 30.7 Mixed 20.3 SusWrite 31.3 39% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 44%
USB 2.0 Flash Disk 1GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID 0163 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.12% Terrible	Read 11 Write 2.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 3.4 6% 5.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.12% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 36.6 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 13.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 75%

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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	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 $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 $273	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 $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