Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '20 at 18:50
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 586 67% 525 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3183) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	132% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 173 Parallax 187 150% 181 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 156 Splatting 110 122% 156 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 38 30 102 59 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 449 Write 311 Mixed 244 SusWrite 88.4 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 17.5 61% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 83.9 DQ Mixed 44.7 47% 78.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 56%
Seagate SSD 1TB 975 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 192GB free Firmware: ST8S1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 396 293 475 476 97 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 481 Mixed 404 SusWrite 342 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 35.2 120% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 228 206% 312 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 738GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 113 111 113 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 180 Write 118 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 112 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4GB free Firmware: CC24 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 89.2 Write 70.5 Mixed 66.5 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,409 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 39.7 115% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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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