Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '18 at 10:24
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 702 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2194 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Lighting 83.5 Reflection 83.5 Parallax 77.7 68% 81.6 fps	MRender 80.9 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 76 64% 78 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4769 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1693 (B1) Unknown 91 91 302 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1686 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13162708486
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 461GB free Firmware: JC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 70565700 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2049 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46199617 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2049 (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 68 62 538902560 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 21 70565700 (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 64403034616086 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2069656700 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2735119718	56.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 91.4 Mixed 88.5 72% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.38 82% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	64.5% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 21 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 72%

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Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16