Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics88.7% 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 Drive67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware
Memory20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 17 '20 at 03:15
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (73rd 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 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
75.8% Very good
Memory 84.5
1-Core 104
2-Core 204
75% 131 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 522
55% 442 Pts
64-Core 521
32% 521 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
88.7% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 122
Parallax 122
90% 118 fps
MRender 139
Gravity 98.9
Splatting 83.9
85% 107 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 605ABBF2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 175 155 154 161 160 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
67.5% Good
Read 313
Write 251
Mixed 239
SusWrite 154
54% 239 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 80
4K Mixed 31.3
115% 44.2 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 247
DQ Mixed 163
142% 209 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 67.5%
Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
637GB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 176 175 176 177 177 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 164
Mixed 72.7
SusWrite 176
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1
181% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 103%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B5173DB0-CK0 24GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
MC Read 32
MC Write 35.1
MC Mixed 31.1
94% 32.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 15
SC Mixed 13.2
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 72.6
55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 84.8%
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 1,684 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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