Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	52.9% 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.

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

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '20 at 00:04
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 211 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 587 66% 520 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3183) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 175 Parallax 175 146% 177 fps	MRender 202 Gravity 156 Splatting 0.04 85% 119 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 15 126 120 102 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 439 Write 375 Mixed 315 SusWrite 117 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 19.3 78% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 89.3 DQ Mixed 44.7 49% 83.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 56%
Seagate SSD 1TB 975 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 167GB free Firmware: ST8S1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 426 292 414 35 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 309 Write 477 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 257 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 8.5 43% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 205 189% 288 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 738GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 100 100 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 178 Write 127 Mixed 76 SusWrite 100 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 91 91 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 58.5 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 91.2 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,409 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 40.3 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $129Bench 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: $261

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