Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.5% 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	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). 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, 15 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	11.8 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 17:47
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 199 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 594 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81% 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: 1650 MHz, MLim: 925 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.1 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 95.4 Reflection 104 Parallax 148 78% 116 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 105 Splatting 73.9 71% 88.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% 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% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC8110B SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 235 220 242 248 247 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.9% Above average	Read 250 Write 238 Mixed 201 SusWrite 238 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 24.1 90% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 130 109% 158 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 103%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 154 154 155 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 149 Write 126 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 154 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.8% 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	53.1% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 17.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 60%

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

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	581x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	458x
Core i7-3930KIntel $195Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	125x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
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 $85Bench 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	54x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $418

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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