Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics67.8% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 0FPV4P
Memory6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130925
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 21 '17 at 16:53
Run Duration97 Seconds
Run User IRL-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th 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, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
77.7% Very good
Memory 92.2
1-Core 103
2-Core 202
77% 132 Pts
4-Core 358
8-Core 411
50% 385 Pts
64-Core 412
26% 412 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2339 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
67.8% Good
Lighting 84.9
Reflection 85.8
Parallax 74.5
69% 81.7 fps
MRender 84.3
Gravity 77.6
Splatting 77.3
65% 79.7 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 67.8%
Great: 60%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95
395GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
45.4% Average
Read 93.2
Write 65.4
Mixed 87.6
62% 82.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.19
4K Write 0.73
4K Mixed 0.46
72% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 45.4%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT425U6AFR6C-PB 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
MC Read 33.1
MC Write 38.7
MC Mixed 30.8
98% 34.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 13.2
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 63.6
63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora-R4 Builds (Compare 1,689 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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