Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.1% 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	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 (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '22 at 01:56
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	88%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 82.8 2-Core 151 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 436 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% AMD(1002 00D0) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1055.0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Lighting 21.7 Reflection 21.1 Parallax 19.3 18% 20.7 fps	MRender 14.5 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 11.8 11% 14 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$98 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 412 406 397 416 427 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 465 Write 441 Mixed 408 SusWrite 413 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 22.1 4K Mixed 19.5 78% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 295 236% 332 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 137%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$98 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 823GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 436 419 408 440 439 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 430 Mixed 412 SusWrite 429 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 49.4 140% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston K66GKY-ETB 4x8GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 32.7 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 11.9 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 89%

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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	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 $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