Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '17 at 01:15
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 728 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2005 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Lighting 89.9 Reflection 89.7 Parallax 86.3 73% 88.7 fps	MRender 88.2 Gravity 81 Splatting 70.7 64% 80 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 159GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1034 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 212 (64) Unknown 100 100 524352 (65) Unknown 100 100 165248 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 81 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 77 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2478 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 171799543837 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 753 (EA) Unknown 100 100 478 (F1) Unknown 100 100 679 (F2) Unknown 100 100 642 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	54.3% Above average	Read 485 Write 264 Mixed 272 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 8.5 61% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 37.7 DQ Mixed 28.2 22% 29.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 92%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8157 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1986 (A5) Unknown 100 100 433878402213 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 70 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 211 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 47 201864380453 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5781098333506 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5587 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12397 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8183 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7334 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	59.3% Above average	Read 472 Write 240 Mixed 242 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 15.7 81% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 50.4 DQ Mixed 10.8 16% 29 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 899GB 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 111 99 41619228 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3897 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 203125927 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3445 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131081 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 589430819 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 30064771107 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 15 41619228 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 71111773542339 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3656494262 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2024857910	61% Good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 102 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.48 117% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 68%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 674GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 120 98 7000 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4087 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3451 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1040 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 109140 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 33 (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	54.5% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 91.3 Mixed 89.8 70% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 4x8GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 34.6 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 100%

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Workstation 47%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	576x
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 $275	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