Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.8% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 06:07
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 113 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 515 54% 436 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 76.9 66% 82.1 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 75 Splatting 69.5 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 8464 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (A5) Unknown 100 100 19666961961522 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 36 274877906994 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6665804121616 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3780 (EA) Unknown 100 100 43645 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10172 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7882 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	41.8% Average	Read 394 Write 64.8 Mixed 166 45% 208 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 3.38 70% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 1.71 DQ Mixed 0.47 17% 44.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 214GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 15265136 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 436 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 58937837 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 588513313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 153339 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 73014444065 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -83597243444581 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9116142758 (F2) Unknown 100 253 347146812851	88.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 148 Mixed 145 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 112%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 513 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 34GB free, PID 00ad Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 30.9 Write 16.1 Mixed 13.5 23% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.15 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.74 73% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 4x4GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 34.1 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

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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	576x
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	123x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	122x
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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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