Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.7% 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	78.9% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '21 at 18:19
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 77.3 2-Core 163 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 454 46% 371 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$273 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 131 Parallax 124 91% 122 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 101 Splatting 96.4 90% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 97%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 4TB-$371 9,454 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 221 234 238 241 241 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	78.9% Very good	Read 244 Write 232 Mixed 231 SusWrite 214 52% 230 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 46.4 151% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 199 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GB 3,272 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 30.8 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 11.8 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 83%

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

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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	583x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	458x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	125x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	124x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	58x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	54x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $418

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16