Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.6% 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	56.1% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130822
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '21 at 00:04
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 563 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 119 Parallax 119 84% 114 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 107 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$114 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 79 78 69 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 476 Write 69.8 Mixed 118 SusWrite 75 40% 185 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 23.6 99% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 20.9 DQ Write 84.7 DQ Mixed 25.9 28% 43.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 128%
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 65GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 234 166 62 61 60 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.5% Above average	Read 247 Write 182 Mixed 211 SusWrite 136 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 29.5 124% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 89.5 DQ Mixed 33.8 34% 53.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 94%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 75 63 73 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 10.5 Write 1.7 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 73.1 24% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GB 6,584 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 31.4 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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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) $35	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