Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.8% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '23 at 06:51
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 526 56% 447 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 143 Parallax 135 109% 138 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 137 Splatting 119 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 00RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 390 342 282 165 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 418 Write 414 Mixed 271 SusWrite 277 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 29.8 108% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 162 169% 278 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 114%
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 655GB free Firmware: 1000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 401 410 429 435 438 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 401 Write 403 Mixed 254 SusWrite 410 83% 367 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 22.4 89% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 61.2 DQ Mixed 79.8 64% 90.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 122%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 478GB free Firmware: SC11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 98 102 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 126 Write 93.6 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 100 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 100%
Seagate ST2000VX003-1HH164 2TB 3,366 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 188GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 111 113 112 110 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 153 Write 148 Mixed 68 SusWrite 111 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 7,298 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 34.9 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.6 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 91%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	578x
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