Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07JNH0
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateAug 17 '18 at 11:08
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
72.2% Very good
Memory 91
1-Core 95.1
2-Core 157
70% 114 Pts
4-Core 289
8-Core 464
46% 376 Pts
64-Core 483
30% 483 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
64.5% Good
Lighting 82.4
Reflection 82.9
Parallax 81.8
67% 82.4 fps
MRender 80.2
Gravity 73
Splatting 66.6
59% 73.3 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 64.5%
Great: 66%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 74 61 78 80 72 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
56.2% Above average
Read 125
Write 119
Mixed 75.3
SusWrite 70.4
72% 97.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.1
210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
89% Excellent
MC Read 32.1
MC Write 38.3
MC Mixed 33.2
99% 34.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 13.6
SC Mixed 12.7
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 65.7
61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 89%
Great: 91%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Aurora-R4 Builds (Compare 1,684 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht

System: Alienware Aurora-R4

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $262
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