Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	139% 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	83.6% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '21 at 11:29
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 566 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 3085 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 202 Parallax 203 159% 200 fps	MRender 148 Gravity 204 Splatting 136 131% 163 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 500G 500GB 12,292 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 203 263 273 271 272 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 385 Write 269 Mixed 321 SusWrite 244 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 35.2 129% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 247 200% 287 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 116%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 17GB free Firmware: UE450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 144 95 80 87 87 MB/s Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.7% Below average	Read 235 Write 187 Mixed 207 SusWrite 102 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 15.2 58% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 78.2 DQ Mixed 41.9 46% 79.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 53%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 55GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 199 256 259 265 275 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 435 Mixed 436 SusWrite 238 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 41.7 146% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 129%
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-000L7 256GB 7,649 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 17GB free Firmware: EMT03L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 155 199 201 198 193 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63.2% Good	Read 250 Write 234 Mixed 181 SusWrite 180 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 26.8 110% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 174 138% 191 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 101%
External USB3.0 256GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 27GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 179 216 214 199 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 313 Write 252 Mixed 204 SusWrite 189 54% 239 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 20.5 71% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 125 95% 130 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 9GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 140 158 156 157 155 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 157 Write 147 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 148 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 7,298 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 33.7 102% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 13.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 91%

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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 $177	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