Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '17 at 14:53
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 85.6 2-Core 192 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 497 51% 410 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Nvidia(10DE 0969) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 38 Parallax 50.2 33% 43 fps	MRender 50.9 Gravity 45.1 Splatting 35.3 35% 43.8 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
128GB 127GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0918B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 115 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8304 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8212 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3909 (F5) Unknown 100 100 16608	79.7% Very good	Read 503 Write 302 Mixed 334 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 30.8 97% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 77.4 103% 187 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 845GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 181296696 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 258 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 774165 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2058 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 65 420347929 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 167 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15799 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 47244640281 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 28333899253529 (F1) Unknown 100 253 857214689 (F2) Unknown 100 253 510642000	103% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 168 Mixed 96 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.23 95% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 886GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 724 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 711 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 656 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 67 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 27 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 94 94 5066 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8074214553 (F2) Unknown 200 200 11632162195	84.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 147 Mixed 64.7 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.35 141% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173BH0-CK0 4x4GB 553 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 29.2 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 11.8 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 86%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	583x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	458x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	125x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	124x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	58x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	55x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $418

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16