Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '17 at 14:54
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 673 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Dell(1028 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (70 fps cap detected)	56.8% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 52.4 56% 62.8 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 68.9 Splatting 70.6 57% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6715 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 77 77 692 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (B5) Unknown 100 100 17420513249366 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 340 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 183 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 77 77 23 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0
Poor: 48% Great: 81%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 95 111070440 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 286 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23365413 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2752554 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 588840995 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 110200 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 98784247843 (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 42764989380863 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11828252003 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22230627000	96.7% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 138 Mixed 158 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 0.58 191% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 965GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161807824 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 910 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 147030114 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 613 (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 63 56 622329893 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 237209 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 68719476773 (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 37194416801997 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20098574930 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22427897145	93.1% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 157 Mixed 147 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 114%
WD Green 750GB (2009)-$224 5,100 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 531GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 154 7208 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12871 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24976 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4650 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12790 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.5% Average	Read 85.7 Write 72.5 Mixed 72 58% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.41 114% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 58%
WD WD50 00KS-00MNB0 500GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 316GB free Firmware: 0701 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 28.9 Mixed 30.2 23% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.31 65% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston K531R8-ETB 4x4GB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 33.8 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 11.8 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 89%

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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 $300	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