Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 13:43
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 569 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 96.8 66% 83.8 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 80 Splatting 61.2 58% 72.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 420 347 313 312 312 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 466 Mixed 448 SusWrite 354 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 42.4 148% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 364 274% 367 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 129%
Team T253X2512G 512GB 14,867 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 386GB free Firmware: T0311A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 365 372 376 376 376 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 428 Mixed 405 SusWrite 374 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 27.9 125% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 52.6 91% 172 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 100%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 135GB free Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 957 534 534 532 537 536 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,110 Write 1,325 Mixed 1,409 SusWrite 605 303% 1,362 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 84.8 262% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 853 DQ Write 588 DQ Mixed 586 474% 676 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 311%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 180GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 69 70 69 69 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 73.4 Write 56.4 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 68.8 47% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 59%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 500GB 1,388 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 246GB free Firmware: DEM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 93 93 91 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 47 Write 93.7 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 92 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 500GB 1,388 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 385GB free Firmware: DEM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 100 100 100 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 93.4 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 99.2 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GB 1,608 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 34.4 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 91%

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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