Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.8% 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	80.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '17 at 16:14
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 494 56% 440 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Nvidia(10DE 0969) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 40.7 Reflection 38 Parallax 50.2 33% 42.9 fps	MRender 50.3 Gravity 45.5 Splatting 35.7 35% 43.8 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
128GB 127GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0918B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 78 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 115 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 26110 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 26973 (F2) Unknown 100 100 38072 (F5) Unknown 100 100 52220	80.4% Excellent	Read 505 Write 298 Mixed 349 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 30.9 99% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 76.8 105% 192 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 324GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2416 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 938 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 837 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 661 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 276 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 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 93 93 5333 (F1) Unknown 200 200 11446230035 (F2) Unknown 200 200 13875260014	81.5% Excellent	Read 144 Write 140 Mixed 28.7 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.26 127% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 103GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206743752 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 472 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4396546 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (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 75 65 420675609 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 169 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17562 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 47244640281 (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 -12893491820600 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7271530785 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5509201921	89.6% Excellent	Read 170 Write 142 Mixed 27.3 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.17 56% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 112%
WDC WD10 EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 705GB free, PID 0216 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 30 Write 30 Mixed 13.7 30% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.09 4K Mixed 0.06 5% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173BH0-CK0 4x4GB 553 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 30.2 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 86%

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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	580x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

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: $272

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16