Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.6% 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	30.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '22 at 14:03
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	77%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 64.2 2-Core 171 62% 106 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 477 45% 373 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.6% Average	Lighting 60.3 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 60 49% 62.2 fps	MRender 62.9 Gravity 60.9 Splatting 52.8 48% 58.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LAT-256M2S 256GB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: PNDA SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 240 230 233 218 230 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	30.5% Below average	Read 162 Write 143 Mixed 137 SusWrite 232 38% 168 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 16.4 4K Mixed 6.5 24% 9.13 MB/s	DQ Read 69.2 DQ Write 45.6 DQ Mixed 48.1 38% 54.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 56%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 411GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.1 7.5 9.4 9.7 14 17 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 148GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 100 100 101 100 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 106 Write 117 Mixed 45 SusWrite 96.1 66% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB 2,354 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 31.4 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 11.3 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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