Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '21 at 20:53
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 174 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 498 52% 417 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 098A) 1.5GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 466.27 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 191 179 154 164 179 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 430 Write 148 Mixed 183 SusWrite 178 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 19.8 79% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 68.5 DQ Mixed 120 104% 160 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 135GB free Firmware: JC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 99 100 100 101 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 96.9 Write 99.2 Mixed 59.4 SusWrite 99.3 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 155GB free Firmware: 3.CHL SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 42.6 Write 36.8 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 64.2 32% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 43%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 513GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 106 110 110 110 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 108 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 4x4GB 1,445 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 34.1 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	576x
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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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