Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	124% 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	70.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	24.6 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 12 '20 at 08:19
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 162 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 494 48% 394 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.5% 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: 3761 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 160 Parallax 159 134% 161 fps	MRender 196 Gravity 141 Splatting 124 122% 154 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 342 313 218 167 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 449 Write 381 Mixed 208 SusWrite 238 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 23.2 89% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 112 121% 204 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 99%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 450GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 406 404 418 427 429 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 448 Mixed 411 SusWrite 416 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 48 148% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 628GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 154 153 153 153 152 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 158 Write 125 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 152 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 114%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 379GB free Firmware: 01.01D01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 97 98 98 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 87 Mixed 87.3 SusWrite 97.1 70% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.2% 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 (97^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 33.4 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 75%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	577x
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 $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) $30	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