Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 09:23
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 676 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 902 56% 902 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3757 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 161 Parallax 179 137% 169 fps	MRender 197 Gravity 142 Splatting 125 123% 155 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 333 305 273 174 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 446 Write 386 Mixed 222 SusWrite 259 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 24.5 98% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 125 132% 220 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 99%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 450GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 433 433 430 436 442 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 443 Mixed 410 SusWrite 437 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 46.4 156% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 366 275% 367 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 630GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 153 155 154 151 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 152 Write 126 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 152 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 114%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 379GB free Firmware: 01.01D01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 97 98 97 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 89.3 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 96.8 68% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 35.9 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 75%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	576x
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	123x
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	122x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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