Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.4% 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	70.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121026
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '18 at 02:53
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 162 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 393 43% 339 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% AMD(1002 0B00) 3GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.4% Poor	Lighting 28.2 Reflection 26 Parallax 45.2 23% 33.1 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 33.1 Splatting 30.1 24% 29.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 99 99 337 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 135 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 65 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3866418271	70.1% Very good	Read 269 Write 208 Mixed 219 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 37.9 131% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 74.3 DQ Mixed 93.8 80% 120 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 807GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 171 1841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 706 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1766 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 272 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 433 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 26 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1705 (F1) Unknown 200 200 17727170589 (F2) Unknown 200 200 28279065806	83.6% Excellent	Read 136 Write 155 Mixed 151 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.14 52% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 109%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 867GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 32 Write 20.4 Mixed 24.7 31% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.08 18% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GB 1,608 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 31.9 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 12.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 91%

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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