Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics88.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0FPV4P
Memory10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 24 '17 at 18:49
Run Duration91 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Memory 91.2
1-Core 103
2-Core 205
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 352
8-Core 515
54% 434 Pts
64-Core 516
32% 516 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.8% Excellent
Lighting 116
Reflection 121
Parallax 110
94% 116 fps
MRender 91.9
Gravity 102
Splatting 93.3
78% 95.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.8%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
770GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Read 152
Write 155
Mixed 138
111% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.59
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.19
64% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
MC Read 30.2
MC Write 35.1
MC Mixed 31.3
92% 32.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 12.2
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 65.5
61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora-R4 Builds (Compare 1,686 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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