Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (82%). 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	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '22 at 15:34
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 84.3 2-Core 159 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 449 45% 365 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.6% Average	Lighting 62.1 Reflection 68.1 Parallax 59.8 51% 63.3 fps	MRender 62.7 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 52.5 48% 58.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LAT-256M2S 256GB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: PNDA SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 226 225 220 234 227 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.3% Below average	Read 176 Write 177 Mixed 161 SusWrite 227 42% 185 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 21.4 4K Mixed 8.2 33% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 68.3 DQ Write 45.2 DQ Mixed 47.9 38% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 56%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 411GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 8 9 11 12 11 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 114GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 176 179 179 179 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 140 Mixed 29 SusWrite 179 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.4 288% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 108%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 148GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 100 99 99 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 118 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 99.1 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB 2,354 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 31.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 11.1 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	579x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	455x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	124x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16