Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '18 at 05:29
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 202 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 507 53% 424 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% PNY(196E 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.4% Above average	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 68.5 59% 71.9 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 67.3 Splatting 61.2 54% 67.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 236GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 350 164 134 137 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 476 Mixed 373 SusWrite 228 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 40.5 139% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 258 204% 280 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 313%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 1,926 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 1.5TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 164 175 175 175 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 69.7 Write 72.5 Mixed 73 SusWrite 171 22% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 0.6 6% 3.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1.1 DQ Write 2.4 DQ Mixed 1.9 1% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 18%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 443GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 101 137 197 200 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 273 Write 216 Mixed 69 SusWrite 130 125% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GB 3,272 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 30.5 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 83%

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Workstation 47%

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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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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $262

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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