Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


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 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 84%, 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	77.2% 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	26.2 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 10:23
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i7-3930K-$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 (94^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 683 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84% 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 162 Parallax 162 136% 164 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 142 Splatting 125 124% 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: 350 392 365 385 192 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 452 Write 407 Mixed 222 SusWrite 298 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 23.7 95% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 125 132% 221 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 99%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 450GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 418 411 403 427 436 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 454 Mixed 421 SusWrite 420 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 44.8 154% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 630GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 152 152 154 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 138 Write 129 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 153 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 114%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 379GB free Firmware: 01.01D01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 97 98 98 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 92.8 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 96.9 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.7% 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 (99^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 34.2 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 75%

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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 $179	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