Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	119% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '19 at 23:56
Run Duration	354 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 84.1 2-Core 166 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 558 52% 432 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 178 Parallax 168 129% 168 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 177 Splatting 123 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 280GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 911 457 455 435 458 441 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 285GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 461 466 458 465 461 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 452 Mixed 396 SusWrite 462 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 38.8 129% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 310 232% 309 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 226GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2085 1836 1649 1656 1650 1660 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,284 Write 2,072 Mixed 1,746 SusWrite 1,756 442% 1,964 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 62.7 201% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 399 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 375 279% 371 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 410%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC94 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 104 104 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 95 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 102 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.1 181% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 168 171 170 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 164 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 170 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5TB free Firmware: AR15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 157 159 158 160 159 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 84.5 Write 152 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 142 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 0.4 235% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 41.5 122% 42.8 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 80%

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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