Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics103% 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 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0FPV4P
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime1.9 Days
Run DateDec 13 '17 at 19:24
Run Duration82 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 20%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 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 i7-4930K-$90
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
71.8% Very good
Memory 85.2
1-Core 94.8
2-Core 198
72% 126 Pts
4-Core 315
8-Core 564
53% 439 Pts
64-Core 692
43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 143
Parallax 135
110% 138 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 130
Splatting 103
93% 114 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 6TB
3.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
145% Outstanding
Read 228
Write 278
Mixed 175
169% 227 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.85
4K Mixed 0.47
130% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 88%
This bench: 145%
Great: 293%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
90% Excellent
MC Read 35.7
MC Write 35.9
MC Mixed 34.4
101% 35.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 12.7
SC Mixed 12.2
38% 13.2 GB/s
Latency 71.8
56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 90%
Great: 91%

 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%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht

System: Alienware Aurora-R4

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