Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics119% 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 Drive69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware Aurora  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 04VWF2
Memory11.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20100730
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 21 '20 at 00:03
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7 X 980-$148
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Memory 88.3
1-Core 79.3
2-Core 192
69% 120 Pts
4-Core 384
8-Core 570
59% 477 Pts
64-Core 714
44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
PNY(196E 1211) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
119% Outstanding
Lighting 161
Reflection 182
Parallax 180
131% 174 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 167
Splatting 120
110% 136 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 119%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
226GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 196 196 197 196 197 MB/s
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
69.2% Good
Read 253
Write 242
Mixed 243
SusWrite 196
53% 234 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 56.4
4K Mixed 38.2
122% 41.1 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 197
148% 198 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
91GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 198 199 197 198 198 MB/s
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
71.3% Very good
Read 254
Write 245
Mixed 241
SusWrite 198
53% 234 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 58.4
4K Mixed 39.4
128% 42.9 MB/s
DQ Read 205
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 199
149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
179GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 198 199 198 198 197 MB/s
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
72.1% Very good
Read 255
Write 245
Mixed 242
SusWrite 198
53% 235 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 57.7
4K Mixed 40.6
131% 43.4 MB/s
DQ Read 205
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 198
149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 6x4GB
6 of 6 slots used
24GB DIMM
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
37.9% Below average
MC Read 13.9
MC Write 13.4
MC Mixed 11
36% 12.8 GB/s
SC Read 10.6
SC Write 8.1
SC Mixed 11.3
29% 10 GB/s
Latency 69.3
58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 37.9%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Aurora Builds (Compare 504 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

System: Alienware Aurora

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $249
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Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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