Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	125% 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	75.7% 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 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 09 '20 at 12:23
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 196 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 519 54% 437 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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: 3761 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 161 Parallax 160 136% 163 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 140 Splatting 124 122% 154 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 375 291 239 244 271 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 454 Write 157 Mixed 217 SusWrite 294 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 22.6 91% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 127 133% 222 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 99%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 450GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 416 422 422 419 421 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 172 Mixed 418 SusWrite 421 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 46 153% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 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: 153 151 152 153 155 155 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 102 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 153 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 114%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 379GB free Firmware: 01.01D01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 97 98 97 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 89.9 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 97.1 68% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55% 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)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 33.4 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 12.6 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 92.5% 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 $129Bench 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: $261

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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