Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics91.7% 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 Drive32.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0FPV4P
Memory23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime4.2 Days
Run DateDec 27 '19 at 02:03
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 26%
Watch Gameplay: 2060 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (66th 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 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
78% Very good
Memory 83.7
1-Core 101
2-Core 201
74% 128 Pts
4-Core 390
8-Core 618
62% 504 Pts
64-Core 762
47% 762 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 78%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
91.7% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 115
Parallax 108
96% 113 fps
MRender 134
Gravity 98.9
Splatting 83.8
84% 105 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 91.7%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UG3600RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 48 48 3.6 10 4.4 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
32.7% Below average
Read 415
Write 360
Mixed 45.2
SusWrite 25.5
46% 211 MB/s
4K Read 15.5
4K Write 7.1
4K Mixed 14.7
46% 12.4 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 32.7%
Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
898GB free
Firmware: CC47
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 196 193 194 195 196 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 197
Write 141
Mixed 80.5
SusWrite 194
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 112%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston K66GKY-HYA 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
94.1% Outstanding
MC Read 38.6
MC Write 36.9
MC Mixed 35.8
106% 37.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 13.9
SC Mixed 12.3
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 74
54% 74 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 94.1%
Great: 94%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora-R4 Builds (Compare 1,690 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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