Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics71% 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.
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.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0FPV4P
Memory26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 26 '19 at 20:36
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 30%
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 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3960X
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
72.3% Very good
Memory 86.2
1-Core 94.5
2-Core 184
71% 122 Pts
4-Core 316
8-Core 482
49% 399 Pts
64-Core 600
37% 600 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
71% Very good
Lighting 79.9
Reflection 66
Parallax 108
65% 84.8 fps
MRender 104
Gravity 110
Splatting 91.5
83% 102 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 71%
Great: 112%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX6OABX0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 133 136 138 142 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Read 146
Write 160
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 134
86% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
MC Read 35.9
MC Write 36.1
MC Mixed 32.5
100% 34.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 12.6
SC Mixed 11.4
36% 12.6 GB/s
Latency 71.1
56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora-R4 Builds (Compare 1,682 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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