Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics111% 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 Drive93% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0FPV4P
Memory24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130925
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 27 '19 at 16:23
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 74%
Watch Gameplay: 2070S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (65th 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, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
80% Very good
Memory 88.2
1-Core 114
2-Core 216
80% 139 Pts
4-Core 386
8-Core 651
63% 519 Pts
64-Core 830
51% 830 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
111% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 136
Parallax 152
117% 144 fps
MRender 176
Gravity 124
Splatting 104
107% 135 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 111%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-512M6S 2.5 7mm 512GB
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DC9110E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 407 407 370 407 409 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
93% Outstanding
Read 469
Write 398
Mixed 300
SusWrite 400
88% 392 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 54.7
4K Mixed 31.2
111% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 226
204% 310 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 93%
Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
499GB free
Firmware: CC47
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 152 150 152 152 152 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
94.1% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 145
Mixed 87
SusWrite 151
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 94.1%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
95.4% Outstanding
MC Read 38.9
MC Write 37
MC Mixed 36.1
107% 37.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 15.3
SC Mixed 13.1
42% 14.6 GB/s
Latency 69.3
58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 95.4%
Great: 92%

 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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