Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). 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 0FPV4P
Memory	18.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '20 at 06:06
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 187 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 636 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 144 Parallax 135 114% 140 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 133 Splatting 106 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 511 511 512 292 327 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 180 180 182 181 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 113 Write 121 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 179 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 90%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 6TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 220 223 224 223 222 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 109%
WD Red 10TB (2017)-$419 1,763 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 9.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 196 189 197 205 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 200 Mixed 105 SusWrite 200 129% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.4 312% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0 BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.6% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 26.1 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns

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Workstation 47%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	578x
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 $109Bench 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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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