Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	62.9% 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	21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '21 at 06:44
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 223 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 685 66% 541 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.5% 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: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3704 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 150 Parallax 167 130% 159 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 137 Splatting 120 119% 150 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 240 150 132 145 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 448 Write 375 Mixed 193 SusWrite 180 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 22.4 88% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 126 106% 149 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 99%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 215GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 415 429 431 432 433 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 449 Mixed 412 SusWrite 420 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 48.5 150% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 364 193% 167 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 540GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 145 147 148 148 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 112 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 146 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 114%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 378GB free Firmware: 01.01D01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 84.2 Write 82.7 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 87.6 58% 79 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.5% 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)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 33.4 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 93.6% 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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