Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics66.8% 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.
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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0FPV4P
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 04 '17 at 01:01
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4960X-$1,189
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
78.5% Very good
Memory 90.8
1-Core 100
2-Core 206
76% 132 Pts
4-Core 357
8-Core 624
59% 491 Pts
64-Core 771
48% 771 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan Z (SLI Disabled)
Nvidia(10DE 1078) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
66.8% Good
Lighting 95.1
Reflection 58.7
Parallax 71.9
78% 75.2 fps
MRender 72
Gravity 58.9
Splatting 43.3
46% 58 fps
Poor: 43%
This bench: 66.8%
Great: 75%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Disk drive 3TB
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX6OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
90.8% Outstanding
Read 146
Write 170
Mixed 28.5
83% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.75
4K Write 1.88
4K Mixed 0.19
87% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 90.8%
Great: 105%
Disk drive 3TB
746GB free
Firmware: MX6OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 175
Mixed 13.8
93% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1.16
4K Write 2.27
4K Mixed 0.22
115% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 108%
Great: 105%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90.8% Outstanding
MC Read 37.7
MC Write 34.8
MC Mixed 33.5
101% 35.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 13.9
SC Mixed 12.8
40% 14 GB/s
Latency 66.1
60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 90.8%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora-R4 Builds (Compare 1,687 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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