Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.5% 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	76.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '23 at 03:52
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 186 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 442 48% 383 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-12GB 12,228 User benchmarks, average bench 96% Asus(1043 886D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 107 Parallax 120 98% 116 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 114 Splatting 94.7 90% 113 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 231 229 237 237 237 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	76.6% Very good	Read 241 Write 233 Mixed 230 SusWrite 233 53% 234 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 42.2 141% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 197 148% 198 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 129%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$89 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 488GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 233 232 239 238 239 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	79.5% Very good	Read 249 Write 235 Mixed 231 SusWrite 236 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 46.9 147% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 198 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 137%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 6TB 2,132 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 305 315 314 322 317 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 316 Write 287 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 312 179% 247 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.9 213% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 293%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 409GB free Firmware: 0107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 59.4 Write 18 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 26 23% 31.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G16002 4x8GB 622 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 33.3 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 12.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 60%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	577x
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	123x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	122x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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