Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.8% 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	75.2% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '23 at 09:19
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2687W 0-$1,335 868 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 88 2-Core 176 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 672 61% 512 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.58 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 128 Parallax 110 92% 117 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 100 Splatting 94.5 88% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 2.5 240GB 1,708 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42059100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 158 124 127 124 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 455 Write 382 Mixed 387 SusWrite 172 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 35.1 116% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 38 80% 167 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 77%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 87GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 115 110 112 107 MB/s Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.6% Above average	Read 223 Write 136 Mixed 174 SusWrite 111 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 33.3 114% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 117 90% 120 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 75%
Bc501 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 8,328 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 168GB free Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 368 365 366 368 365 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 714 Write 492 Mixed 419 SusWrite 380 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 37.7 138% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 535 DQ Write 441 DQ Mixed 418 332% 465 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 142%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 446GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 110 112 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 44.4 SusWrite 111 68% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB HMT41GU6AFR8C-PB 16GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 17.5 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 11.1 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	60	27"	1280 720	GSM5A86 27MP35

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Workstation 47%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	579x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	455x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	124x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16