Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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	147% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121026
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '24 at 20:33
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 191 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 547 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 545.84 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 173 Parallax 172 136% 170 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 150 Splatting 128 124% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 701 757 770 798 807 806 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,064 Write 736 Mixed 475 SusWrite 773 170% 762 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 38.4 128% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 406 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 308 255% 365 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 381%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$33 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: JC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 124 118 123 124 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 121 Write 117 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 121 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$33 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: JC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 122 120 123 123 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 120 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB 2,354 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 34.8 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.7 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 85%

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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	24"	1280 720	BNQ7F2E BenQ XL2420Z

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Workstation 47%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	580x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

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: $272

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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