Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	125% 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.
Boot Drive	94% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	7.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '22 at 03:58
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 83.2 2-Core 220 73% 131 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 619 60% 496 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 190 Parallax 184 138% 181 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 185 Splatting 124 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 371 339 353 384 356 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 427 Mixed 374 SusWrite 372 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 39.7 122% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 266% 348 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 426 414 435 429 443 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 439 Mixed 400 SusWrite 430 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 34.5 111% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 361 266% 348 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 EVO 1TB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 385GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 237 231 242 242 244 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.8% Good	Read 253 Write 241 Mixed 233 SusWrite 240 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 34.6 112% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 199 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 132%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 1,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 33.4 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 13.8 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 64%

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

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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 $90Bench 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 $269	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