Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '17 at 11:18
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 194 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 619 61% 500 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 108 Parallax 98.8 86% 104 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 78.8 72% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 951 Write 912 Mixed 963 211% 942 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 20.4 91% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 51.5 DQ Mixed 19.9 21% 32.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 446%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 925GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 37235640 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8393 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2005426 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13020 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2393 (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 62 521535513 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43764 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 64424509465 (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 125541894063818 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2224010796 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1082905194	92.5% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 157 Mixed 146 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.33 96% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 142GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224197768 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5123 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 187191812 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14638 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2757 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 81 68720721939 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 521666587 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 410 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 82527 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 73014444059 (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 131834021160739 (F1) Unknown 100 253 104760027486676 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11245854333439	71% Very good	Read 128 Write 120 Mixed 116 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.26 80% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 112%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 1TB 1,238 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 592GB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 29.6 Write 26.1 Mixed 28.3 36% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.47 79% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 4x4GB 1,445 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 34.4 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.8 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 92%

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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 $273	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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16