Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.8% 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	12.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '21 at 23:22
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 64 2-Core 150 59% 98.8 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 460 42% 354 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 113 Parallax 110 78% 106 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 100 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 480GB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 66 68 84 89 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 72.2 Write 92.8 Mixed 112 SusWrite 80.1 20% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 7.3 13% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 41%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 605GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 155 156 158 156 157 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 139 Write 130 Mixed 104 SusWrite 157 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 203% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 109%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 3TB 172 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 131 137 140 135 139 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	79% Very good	Read 138 Write 132 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 137 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.1 65% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 112%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2TB free Firmware: CV13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 170 176 181 179 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 160 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 177 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT8GC64B8HB0NF-DI 4x8GB 269 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 32.7 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.6 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 95%

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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	579x
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 $94Bench 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 $300	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 $40	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