Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	98.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 06:09
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$88 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 112 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 641 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 202 Parallax 198 133% 188 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 173 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 53377 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1248 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 257774 (F2) Unknown 100 100 124508	98.5% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 420 Mixed 440 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 35.4 128% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 71.2 117% 226 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 558GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41821080 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 338 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22619020 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31157 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 521666588 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1675265 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 64424509468 (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 33509334861488 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18054179283 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13572753028	113% Outstanding	Read 219 Write 174 Mixed 170 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.26 96% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 98.2 Write 93.9 Mixed 46.5 97% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 0.35 366% 3.92 MB/s	DQ Read 1.02 DQ Write 10.4 DQ Mixed 0.35 370% 3.92 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,774 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 931GB free, PID a208 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 99.7 Write 107 Mixed 53.6 108% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 4x8GB 1,248 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 37.3 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 92%

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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	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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16