Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '20 at 20:05
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 173 74% 123 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 501 51% 415 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.5% Good	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 125 Parallax 87 61% 95.6 fps	MRender 77.2 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 68.2 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M550_2.5"_7mm_256GB 256GB 830 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: DL04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 45 47 45 46 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	52% Above average	Read 312 Write 116 Mixed 103 SusWrite 46.8 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 27.2 94% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 52.1 DQ Mixed 85.4 84% 141 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 415GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 140 140 140 140 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 163 Write 124 Mixed 86.6 SusWrite 139 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 109%
Seagate GoFlex Desk 1TB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 572GB free, PID 50a5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 127 130 131 130 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 134 Write 133 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 130 157% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 57%
WD 2500BEV External 250GB 752 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 233GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 32 32 33 33 32 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 32.8 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 32 41% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 4x4GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 31.3 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12.9 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 82%

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Workstation 47%

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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