Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	90.6% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121026
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '19 at 01:45
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 216 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 553 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 115 Parallax 107 82% 107 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 101 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 416 422 424 425 425 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 415 Mixed 413 SusWrite 421 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 28.4 105% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 293 231% 318 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 53GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 68 68 68 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 67.5 Mixed 62 SusWrite 68.3 50% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 639GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 132 133 132 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 144 Write 112 Mixed 69 SusWrite 133 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 160 160 162 162 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 151 Mixed 96.8 SusWrite 161 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 7,298 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 33.9 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 91%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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