Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
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 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics79.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 8 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.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07JNH0
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 03 '20 at 22:10
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU0%
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 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
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
77.8% Very good
Memory 91.7
1-Core 101
2-Core 186
75% 126 Pts
4-Core 345
8-Core 520
54% 433 Pts
64-Core 514
32% 514 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 77.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.6% Very good
Lighting 99.6
Reflection 108
Parallax 95.4
81% 101 fps
MRender 93.9
Gravity 91.8
Splatting 94.3
76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXM04B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 75 87 86 87 90 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
62.4% Good
Read 327
Write 126
Mixed 222
SusWrite 87.6
42% 190 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 57.3
4K Mixed 30.2
108% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 188
DQ Mixed 32.8
81% 173 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
616GB free
Firmware: JC4A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 118 118 119 119 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
66.4% Good
Read 113
Write 114
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 118
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.1
195% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 66.4%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
92.4% Outstanding
MC Read 34.4
MC Write 39.4
MC Mixed 34.1
103% 36 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 13.9
SC Mixed 13
40% 14.2 GB/s
Latency 64.6
62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 92.4%
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: $262
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