Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.6% 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	66.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '23 at 16:00
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$195 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 196 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 552 53% 440 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.1 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 105 Parallax 159 79% 120 fps	MRender 88.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 74.6 72% 89.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 4,915 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC8110B SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 236 218 240 247 247 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.7% Good	Read 259 Write 249 Mixed 198 SusWrite 237 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 32 110% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 133 110% 159 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 103%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 152 151 155 155 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 140 Write 126 Mixed 69 SusWrite 153 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 M378B1G73DB0-CK0 16GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.9% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 60%

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

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Gaming 58%

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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	585x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	460x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
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	56x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $415

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359