Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.7% 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	56.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	9.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '24 at 23:39
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 93.3 2-Core 179 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 388 43% 340 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37D0) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 106 Parallax 107 96% 110 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 101 Splatting 78.8 83% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 59 69 46 37 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 309 Write 188 Mixed 218 SusWrite 67.8 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 27.8 100% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 112 109% 175 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 82%
Tph01204000gb 0 4TB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: AA50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 151 147 151 153 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 99.6 Write 106 Mixed 38 SusWrite 151 72% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 98%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 523GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 72 71 75 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 79.8 Write 73.5 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 73.6 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 67%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2TB free Firmware: AAM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 142 144 145 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 138 Write 140 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 144 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-PB HMT325U6CFR8C-PB HMT325U6CFR8C-PB Nanya NT2GC64B88G0NF-DI 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.3% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 26.6 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 11.6 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 43: 0P 5R 4G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
43%	22%	68	210	53	60	23.7"	1280 720	VSCE226 VX2450 SERIES

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

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	453x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	233x

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 $269	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 $40	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