Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '17 at 20:18
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$100 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 640 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8990 77 User benchmarks, average bench 33% AMD(1002 0B28) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 60.6 37% 45.5 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 44.9 Splatting 37.7 31% 37.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 37%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 164 Mixed 130 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 653GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 161 Mixed 134 119% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 15GB free Firmware: 3.ADG Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 68.5 Write 74.1 Mixed 57.1 50% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.41 93% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 456GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 34.6 Write 28.8 Mixed 24.2 36% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.21 62% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 4x8GB 1,419 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 36.2 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 94%

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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	577x
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 $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	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: $262

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