Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.5% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 13:31
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 87 1-Core 88 2-Core 188 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 412 43% 347 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 72.4 63% 76.9 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 63.6 57% 70.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 60GB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -18098991265143 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 544 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 534 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 275340 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 275340 (F2) Unknown 100 100 378889 (F9) Unknown 100 100 14404	48.5% Average	Read 433 Write 66.6 Mixed 111 44% 204 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 11.1 82% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 98.2 DQ Write 66 DQ Mixed 26.1 35% 63.4 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 67%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 500GB 1,388 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 466GB free Firmware: DEM3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201487384 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2652 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 217507104 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9638 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2648 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 57 403767320 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2625 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40359 (C2) HDA temperature 24 43 21474836504 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 24 201487384 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 116148800595092 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22311752659 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21805209075 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	60.3% Good	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 58%
Seagate ST9500325ASG 500GB 1,245 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 447GB free Firmware: 0009APM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162694964 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 145845097 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19557 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6143 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 437321754 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2982 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1201669 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 34359738394 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 45 162694964 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 1 1 12	34.9% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 57.6 Mixed 59.3 46% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.35 63% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C1 1x8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.9% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 8.6 25% 8.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.5 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 33%

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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	451x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	232x

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 $273	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 $45	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