Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	9.9 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	Sep 30 '23 at 11:04
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 92.9 2-Core 190 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 497 51% 412 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 121 Parallax 125 110% 127 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 104 Splatting 91.3 90% 112 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 960GB-$80 1,195 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 425GB free Firmware: MU01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 372 257 146 75 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 425 Write 376 Mixed 124 SusWrite 212 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 27.3 88% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 93.3 DQ Mixed 236 162% 207 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 100%
Fanxiang S102 Pro 1TB 338 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 837GB free Firmware: SN14338 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 218 224 231 238 237 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.1% Good	Read 241 Write 222 Mixed 215 SusWrite 231 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 29.6 103% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 182 139% 187 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 109%
WD Game Drive 2TB 2,247 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free, PID 2630 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 113 119 124 122 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 128 Write 92 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 120 134% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 0.7 302% 3.13 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10 DQ Mixed 0.5 359% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 70%

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 (95^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 33.4 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	27"	1280 720	ACI27C4 VC279

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Workstation 47%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	587x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	466x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	235x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	94x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	52x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	124x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	60x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	57x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $418

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