Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.2% 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	94% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '18 at 02:46
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	73%

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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 i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 93 2-Core 224 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 580 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.3 90% 107 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 100 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 327 303 304 292 293 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 459 Mixed 394 SusWrite 332 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 40.5 149% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 157 127% 184 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 134%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 54GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 428 249 251 245 243 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 406 Write 460 Mixed 379 SusWrite 314 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 32.4 124% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 324 244% 327 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GB 1,608 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 34.4 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 91%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	577x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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