Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.8% 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	84.8% 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 07JNH0
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 16:57
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 191 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 558 53% 440 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.8% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 108 Parallax 95.4 82% 101 fps	MRender 84.6 Gravity 92.1 Splatting 78.2 69% 85 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 851GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2349 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 279 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 61 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 276 (F1) Unknown 99 99 337051041	64.4% Good	Read 267 Write 211 Mixed 217 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 29.1 120% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 21.6 39% 72.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2349 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 293 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 65 57 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 291 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5737675164	84.8% Excellent	Read 512 Write 397 Mixed 417 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 21.7 117% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 78.8 DQ Mixed 100 81% 118 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 143GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97975168 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58717400 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13571 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1619 (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 69 63 521469983 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1617 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 17 17 167465 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (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 9899899628530 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13084945496 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22897313446	70.1% Very good	Read 121 Write 123 Mixed 115 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.31 107% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 M378B1G73BH0-CK0 Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 32.9 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

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Desktop 77%

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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	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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: $272

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16