Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

4 days ago, 4 days ago, 1 day ago, 1 day ago, 15 hrs ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130822
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 21:54
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$216 17,129 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 213 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 538 57% 443 Pts	64-Core 536 36% 536 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$330 1,100,904 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 80% 106 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$106 13,005 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 65 40 25 23 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 466 Write 66.2 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 34.8 35% 165 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 22.2 92% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 63.3 DQ Mixed 71.7 67% 109 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 128%
Patriot Burst 240GB 17,502 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 31GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 167 61 61 60 60 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.6% Good	Read 242 Write 219 Mixed 202 SusWrite 106 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 29 122% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 156 127% 179 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 94%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$99 56,222 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 66 66 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 33.2 Write 63.7 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 63.7 38% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GB 4,943 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 31.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 71%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820Intel $300Bench 73%, 37,508 samples	834x
Core i7-4820KIntel $216Bench 74%, 17,129 samples	651x
Core i7-3930KIntel $463Bench 77%, 33,767 samples	343x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,100,904 samples	174x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,119,893 samples	154x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 677,318 samples	127x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 106%, 592,209 samples	92x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 115%, 375,788 samples	87x
LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GBLiteonitBench 84%, 7,484 samples	81x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 5,395 samples	137x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 4,943 samples	103x
16JTF51264AZ-1G6M 4x4GBMicronBench 92%, 412 samples	101x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $690

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $175	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $50
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $315	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16