Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics20% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07JNH0
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 17 '18 at 12:26
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th 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 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
74.9% Very good
Memory 91.8
1-Core 100
2-Core 193
75% 128 Pts
4-Core 315
8-Core 498
50% 406 Pts
64-Core 501
31% 501 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170
Nvidia(10DE 098A) 1.5GB
CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
20% Very poor
Lighting 22.5
Reflection 25.2
Parallax 34.7
18% 27.4 fps
MRender 34
Gravity 28.9
Splatting 23.8
23% 28.9 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 20%
Great: 21%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 102 112 119 119 117 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
70.5% Very good
Read 139
Write 131
Mixed 87.7
SusWrite 106
86% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1
204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
93.5% Outstanding
MC Read 34.8
MC Write 39.3
MC Mixed 35
104% 36.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 13.2
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 64.5
62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 93.5%
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 1,684 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: $261
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