Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0FPV4P
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime5.7 Days
Run DateAug 22 '20 at 21:19
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing as expected (55th 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 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Memory 91.3
1-Core 113
2-Core 220
81% 141 Pts
4-Core 375
8-Core 523
56% 449 Pts
64-Core 510
32% 510 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 146
Parallax 124
108% 134 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 133
Splatting 109
97% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SK hynix SC210 2.5 7MM 512GB
404GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20001L00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 362 387 391 304 366 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
70.4% Very good
Read 298
Write 393
Mixed 329
SusWrite 360
78% 345 MB/s
4K Read 14.8
4K Write 59
4K Mixed 19.6
79% 31.1 MB/s
DQ Read 267
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 19.6
87% 195 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 92%
Intel 540s Series 480GB
378GB free
Firmware: LSBG200
SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 225 184 129 134 119 MB/s
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
47.4% Average
Read 168
Write 243
Mixed 230
SusWrite 168
46% 202 MB/s
4K Read 15.7
4K Write 55
4K Mixed 22.2
81% 31 MB/s
DQ Read 40.2
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 23.9
46% 87.4 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 47.4%
Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
652GB free
Firmware: CC47
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 172 171 174 173 174 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
81.7% Excellent
Read 113
Write 113
Mixed 84
SusWrite 172
89% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
MC Read 34.6
MC Write 37.6
MC Mixed 32.3
100% 34.8 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 15.8
SC Mixed 14.1
44% 15.3 GB/s
Latency 65.2
61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora-R4 Builds (Compare 1,695 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
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System: Alienware Aurora-R4

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $271
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