Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	73% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	24.5 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 15 '22 at 00:53
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 171 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 512 50% 412 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 131 120 124 128 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 484 Write 405 Mixed 336 SusWrite 138 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 30.3 117% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 141 123% 188 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 124%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 35GB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 171 223 235 242 238 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.7% Good	Read 257 Write 246 Mixed 212 SusWrite 212 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 21.9 102% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 197 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 111%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 147GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 112 111 111 108 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 92.8 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 110 59% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 331GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 110 120 124 123 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 122 Write 121 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 117 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0 4x8GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 34.2 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 12.7 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 104%

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

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Workstation 47%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	580x
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 $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	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: $272

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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