Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.8% 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)
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 07JNH0
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '17 at 23:24
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$195 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 83.5 2-Core 199 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 585 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 85%

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: 376.53 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Lighting 39.5 Reflection 35.8 Parallax 47.3 32% 40.9 fps	MRender 49.8 Gravity 43.9 Splatting 34.1 34% 42.6 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 628GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11475 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1852 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 8 (EB) Unknown 99 99 313 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6285594866	61.4% Good	Read 469 Write 233 Mixed 323 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 21.6 68% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 53.1 69% 122 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11821 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2348 (B1) Unknown 96 96 132 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 364 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21808109216
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 54GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 39GB free Firmware: 1.0 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 485 Write 461 Mixed 479 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 20.3 57% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 92.6 103% 172 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 100%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 32GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 18GB free Firmware: 1.0 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 471 Write 456 Mixed 479 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 17.6 53% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 92.4 105% 178 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 95%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 26GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 14GB free Firmware: 1.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.5% Good	Read 458 Write 475 Mixed 481 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 16.3 4K Mixed 14.2 46% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 96.4 96% 151 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 70%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 13GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 10GB free Firmware: 1.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.1% Very good	Read 460 Write 486 Mixed 484 107% 477 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 18.9 4K Mixed 20.2 58% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 101 102% 165 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 75%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$171 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 137 11700 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8261 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1482 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8082 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	90.4% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 156 Mixed 159 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.95 4K Mixed 0.34 128% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 4x8GB 289 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 34 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 101%

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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