Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 16:27
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 566 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 573 35% 573 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.6 83% 104 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 100 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 225 225 236 211 204 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.9% Good	Read 256 Write 247 Mixed 203 SusWrite 220 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 28.2 106% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 195 146% 194 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 99%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 192GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 466 458 450 452 451 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 461 Mixed 430 SusWrite 456 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42.4 151% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 273% 366 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 131%
WD WD20NPVX-00EA4T0 2TB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 91 93 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 91.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 91.7 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 60%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 500GB 1,388 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 452GB free Firmware: DEM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 100 103 104 103 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 94 Write 99.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 104 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-PB 4x2GB 1,331 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 29.1 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 13.1 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 80%

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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	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 $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