Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	44.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.5% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '16 at 19:28
Run Duration	556 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 209 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 621 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Nvidia(10DE 104B) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.8% Average	Lighting 56.5 Reflection 48.2 Parallax 67.9 46% 57.5 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 46.8 Splatting 46.3 42% 53 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC8110E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 139531 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1376 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 287235 (F2) Unknown 100 100 274191	98.5% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 417 Mixed 427 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 35.9 123% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 102 142% 263 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95958104 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 231 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1049547 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 65542 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 45 554893344 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16010 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 77309411360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -91723321572132 (F1) Unknown 100 253 887668670 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1135015046
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 145GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118079752 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1381 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 41349940 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 521273374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 6 6 189141 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 127530463929736 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16817700173 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20111282301	78.2% Very good	Read 105 Write 168 Mixed 148 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.26 87% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 112%
Generic Flash Disk 64GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 37GB free, PID 7788 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	1.92% Terrible	Read 1.85 Write 2.81 Mixed 1.06 2% 1.91 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.04 13% 0.14 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.92% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston K531R8-HYA Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB K531R8-HYA 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 31.6 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns

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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	455x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	124x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16