Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '21 at 11:52
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 527 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1451 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 98.6 64% 82 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 80.6 Splatting 50 54% 67.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 299 297 302 300 303 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 460 Mixed 422 SusWrite 305 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 41.3 144% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 362 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 129%
Team T253X2512G 512GB 14,867 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 323GB free Firmware: T0311A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 390 390 392 392 393 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 394 Mixed 397 SusWrite 392 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 28.3 124% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 53.5 104% 205 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 100%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 206GB free Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 868 529 526 530 531 531 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,099 Write 1,754 Mixed 1,459 SusWrite 586 329% 1,475 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 76.1 232% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 740 DQ Write 494 DQ Mixed 550 428% 595 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 311%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 15GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 75 69 71 77 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	41% Average	Read 68.7 Write 65.4 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 74 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 59%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 500GB 1,388 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 292GB free Firmware: DEM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 79 82 82 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 84.8 Write 79.1 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 81.1 57% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GB 1,608 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 34.1 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 91%

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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 i7-3820IntelBench 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 $45	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