Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '17 at 23:35
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 674 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Nvidia(10DE 105A) 3GB CLim: 1400 MHz, MLim: 1505 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 20.2 Reflection 23.3 Parallax 18.9 16% 20.8 fps	Gravity 20.2 Splatting 26.4 21% 23.3 fps
Poor: 41% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M550_2.5"_7mm_256GB 256GB 830 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: DL04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 483 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 36 (B2) Unknown 100 100 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10006527188 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17381771326	106% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 469 Mixed 497 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 34.6 138% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 68.3 122% 241 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 244GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 168 1650 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 813 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1471 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 482 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26450 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 29 (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 99 99 780 (F1) Unknown 200 200 34518047024 (F2) Unknown 200 200 32573637921	91.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 151 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.28 97% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston K531R8-HYA 4x4GB 422 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 32.6 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

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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	455x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	124x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16