Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	13.7 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	Aug 18 '17 at 01:05
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 206 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 621 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% AMD(1002 0B00) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	30.4% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 28.2 Parallax 48.5 32% 38.7 fps	MRender 26.9 Gravity 36.5 Splatting 34.7 27% 32.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 53 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17182425116 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 58 180388626471 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 38654967817 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 83 (EA) Unknown 100 100 265 (F1) Unknown 253 253 186 (F2) Unknown 253 253 75 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	37.9% Below average	Read 232 Write 187 Mixed 187 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 0.04 48% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 17.1 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 6.19 34% 70.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 86%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 719GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12215 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46361 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 375133 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 36 (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	51.4% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 91.9 Mixed 74.4 63% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.12 58% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 605GB free Firmware: JC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 191419654 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 118222155 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 366 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 262154 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 555155487 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 18 191419654 (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 -124047245418374 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4270998301 (F2) Unknown 100 253 258881248	54.6% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 97 Mixed 82.6 68% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 339GB free Firmware: JC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 86 104702074 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3011 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 244 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 536308583 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35044 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3019 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885229574 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 571932702 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 18 104702074 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 97 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 97 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 93608812249327 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2039685957 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3292586506	60.6% Good	Read 110 Write 101 Mixed 93.7 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.46 112% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 334GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 58492184 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9327 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2166612 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 42 1396587626533 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9377 (C2) HDA temperature 37 58 81604378661 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 4 58492184 (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 -32001801311696 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3253616309 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3288431021	44.3% Average	Read 79.6 Write 74.9 Mixed 81.1 59% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.18 65% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M 4x4GB 460 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 35.5 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 97%

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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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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