Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 6 months ago, 4 months ago, 2 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '23 at 20:50
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing as expected (42^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 89.4 2-Core 162 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 411 44% 349 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 93.1 Reflection 157 Parallax 97.1 76% 116 fps	MRender 91.7 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 95.1 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 126 133 117 105 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 410 Write 146 Mixed 226 SusWrite 126 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 27.7 99% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 267 198% 266 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 537GB 1,079 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 409GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 204 207 207 208 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 184 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 206 123% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT425U6AFR6C-PB 4x2GB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 25.9 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.5 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 86%

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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	581x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	457x
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 $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	54x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $418

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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) $39	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