Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive216% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07JNH0
Memory29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 26 '17 at 19:11
Run Duration199 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E5-2687W 0-$1,335
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
79.5% Very good
Memory 90
1-Core 94.2
2-Core 187
73% 124 Pts
4-Core 371
8-Core 736
65% 554 Pts
64-Core 943
58% 943 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
118% Outstanding
Lighting 160
Reflection 202
Parallax 178
130% 180 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 173
Splatting 103
107% 134 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 118%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85
77GB free
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
73.5% Very good
Read 493
Write 302
Mixed 341
84% 379 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 51.2
4K Mixed 17.8
92% 32.1 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 124
DQ Mixed 66.8
82% 147 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 108%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
216% Outstanding
Read 2,294
Write 1,270
Mixed 1,436
368% 1,667 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 83.5
4K Mixed 34.9
123% 46.9 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 95.4
98% 162 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 216%
Great: 210%
Hitachi HDN726050ALE614 5TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 181
Mixed 173
134% 177 MB/s
4K Read 0.99
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.47
129% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 103%
Great: 116%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8
29GB free, PID 5581
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
16.9% Very poor
Read 31.1
Write 18.2
Mixed 22.8
29% 24.1 MB/s
4K Read 4.89
4K Write 2.38
4K Mixed 1.32
144% 2.86 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 16.9%
Great: 38%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya M2F8G64CB8HB5N-DI 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
93.3% Outstanding
MC Read 38.7
MC Write 37.4
MC Mixed 33.9
105% 36.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 12.8
SC Mixed 11.5
38% 13.2 GB/s
Latency 67.2
60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 93.3%
Great: 93%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora-R4 Builds (Compare 1,685 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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