Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics37.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07JNH0
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 21 '19 at 23:35
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Memory 90.4
1-Core 99.8
2-Core 180
73% 123 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 582
60% 481 Pts
64-Core 710
44% 710 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198
Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
37.5% Below average
Lighting 49.2
Reflection 46.3
Parallax 40.5
40% 45.3 fps
MRender 39.3
Gravity 42.4
Splatting 37.6
32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 30%
This bench: 37.5%
Great: 36%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65
658GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 85 91 98 98 94 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
53.1% Above average
Read 94.3
Write 102
Mixed 68.1
SusWrite 90.8
65% 88.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 53.1%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
97.2% Outstanding
MC Read 40
MC Write 38.9
MC Mixed 35.4
109% 38.1 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 13.4
42% 14.6 GB/s
Latency 66.7
60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 83%
This bench: 97.2%
Great: 97%

 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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