Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.1% 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	94.2% 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121026
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 16:19
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 82.5 2-Core 178 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 486 50% 401 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.1% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 43 Parallax 38.4 36% 42 fps	MRender 33.4 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 35 30% 36.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 291 191 192 197 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 442 Mixed 384 SusWrite 248 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 44.9 142% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 134%
Samsung Portable SSD T1 250GB 605 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 189GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10.5% Very poor	Read 32 Write 28.7 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 28.7 7% 30 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 7.4 24% 7.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 71%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 500GB 1,388 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 95GB free Firmware: DEM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 87 89 88 88 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 87 Write 89.3 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 88.4 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 58%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 625GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 107 108 108 107 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 105 Write 97.5 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 107 68% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 373GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 120 121 122 122 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 127 Write 122 Mixed 69 SusWrite 121 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 342GB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 26.8 Write 25.2 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 17.9 18% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.5 155% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 88%
Innostor Ext. HDD 2TB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 32 Write 23.7 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 15.9 31% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.5% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 11.1 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 97%

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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	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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $262

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16