Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.23% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '19 at 21:13
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 64 2-Core 127 56% 91.1 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 428 41% 340 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% AMD(1002 0B04) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.0.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.23% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 32 Parallax 42.1 0% 24.7 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 31.4 Splatting 37.6 27% 32.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 9.23% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 123 108 118 112 112 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 299GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 127 129 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 170 Write 139 Mixed 89 SusWrite 127 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 250GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 101 100 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 130 Write 111 Mixed 76 SusWrite 101 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 240GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 121 121 120 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 116 Write 73.2 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 120 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 178GB free Firmware: 1D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 124 129 129 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 89.5 Write 86 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 127 65% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73CB0-CK0 4x8GB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 33.3 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.3 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	578x
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 $109Bench 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 $295	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