Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.8% 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)
Boot Drive	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 03:02
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 87.5 2-Core 168 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 432 46% 366 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8990 77 User benchmarks, average bench 33% AMD(1002 0B28) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 58.9 38% 45.8 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 45.3 Splatting 39.6 32% 38.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 37%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841N 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,088 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03D0Q 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 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1837 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 81 81 683 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9152 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 70317847324 (F2) Unknown 99 99 41951373627	57.1% Above average	Read 479 Write 111 Mixed 158 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 17.1 97% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 91.1 DQ Mixed 16.8 25% 45.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 794GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2551 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1825 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1415 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 104214 (C2) HDA temperature 109 103 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 647 (F1) Unknown 200 200 2868060443 (F2) Unknown 200 200 8940672616	99.8% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 162 Mixed 158 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.35 132% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 3x4GB 617 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 21 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 11.9 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 56%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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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	452x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $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