Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121026
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 01:11
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3970X-$217 2,677 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 183 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 594 58% 476 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 83.9 Parallax 73.8 66% 79.4 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 74.5 Splatting 67 58% 71.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 107 58 59 59 57 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.7% Average	Read 257 Write 242 Mixed 222 SusWrite 88 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 22.8 81% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 173 138% 193 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 118%
Ocz-agility2 3.5 90GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 53GB free Firmware: 1.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 55 92 91 67 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 150 Write 92.7 Mixed 110 SusWrite 69.1 24% 105 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 17.8 74% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 88.5 DQ Mixed 78.3 67% 101 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 47%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 398GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 92 85 86 90 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 56.8 Write 91.5 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 89.7 55% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 128% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 113 111 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 123 Write 112 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 113 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 68%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 8GB 1,502 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.7 3.1 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.9 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 4.3 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 2.5 8% 7.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 9905584-023.A00LF 9905584-023.A00LF 9905584-023.A00LF 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.8% Very good	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 26.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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