Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '21 at 09:20
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 650 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3925 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 153 Parallax 169 131% 161 fps	MRender 197 Gravity 137 Splatting 120 120% 151 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 99 90 94 92 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 395 Write 240 Mixed 158 SusWrite 102 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 22.4 86% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 66.1 95% 180 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 99%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 56GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 277 196 191 188 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 223 Mixed 330 SusWrite 238 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 51.2 165% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 269% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 274GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 117 116 116 115 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 125 Write 81.4 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 115 70% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 114%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 376GB free Firmware: 01.01D01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 80 81 79 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 82.9 Write 79.9 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 79.8 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 30.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.4 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 75%

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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 $295	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