Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 10 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '21 at 01:39
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 173 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 495 52% 416 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 6527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 128 Parallax 112 90% 117 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 92.5 87% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ SOLID3 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 402GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 144 103 83 53 106 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.3% Below average	Read 206 Write 206 Mixed 156 SusWrite 103 38% 168 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 17.7 62% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 47 DQ Mixed 65.6 53% 76.5 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 729GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4G SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 156 167 157 155 132 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 161 Mixed 78 SusWrite 156 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 171 168 172 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 135 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 170 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-PB 4x2GB 1,331 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 29.1 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.4 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 80%

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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	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 $90Bench 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 $269	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