Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	26.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '14 at 15:22
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 96.6 2-Core 191 65% 144 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 534 53% 432 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 56% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8870 61 User benchmarks, average bench 24% AMD(1002 0B05) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 12.101.0.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Lighting 32.1 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 42.2 26% 35.5 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 31.5 Splatting 37.7 27% 32.4 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 869GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 689 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2680 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 684 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 682 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 6 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2560 (F1) Unknown 200 200 12962618073 (F2) Unknown 200 200 19270138401	83.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 140 Mixed 126 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.17 59% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 524GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 86.2 Write 91.1 Mixed 66.3 103% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 43%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 438GB free, PID 0475 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 28.1 Mixed 4.47 25% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.29 52% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 20%
Kingston DataTraveler 111 USB 3.0 32GB-$23 123 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 17GB free, PID 1693 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	7.96% Terrible	Read 33.2 Write 7.43 Mixed 7.58 15% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.22 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.08 25% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.96% Great: 16%

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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) $30	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

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)