Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78% 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	59.5% 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.

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System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '20 at 18:54
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 203 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 568 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 83.6 80% 90.8 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 78.6 74% 91.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 241 210 133 133 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 423 Write 302 Mixed 217 SusWrite 181 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 19.6 76% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 81.2 DQ Mixed 123 107% 165 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 80%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 412GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 105 148 39 24 54 MB/s Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.4% Below average	Read 242 Write 212 Mixed 177 SusWrite 96 41% 182 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 12.5 53% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 63.2 DQ Mixed 25.7 36% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 58%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 486GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 162 162 162 160 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 153 Write 129 Mixed 110 SusWrite 160 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 109%
Maxtor OneTouch II 204GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 66GB free, PID 7110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 27.3 Write 25 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 26 35% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.4 118% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 26%

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)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 33.3 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.8 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 91%

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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	578x
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 $109Bench 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 $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