Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
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 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive99.7% 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.
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.
Run History
3 years ago, 3 years ago.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0FPV4P
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 10 '21 at 21:29
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU3%
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 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 91.8
1-Core 116
2-Core 220
82% 143 Pts
4-Core 400
8-Core 712
67% 556 Pts
64-Core 871
54% 871 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 144
Parallax 132
107% 136 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 138
Splatting 122
103% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
42GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 105 75 76 72 72 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
99.7% Outstanding
Read 452
Write 442
Mixed 382
SusWrite 144
80% 355 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 90.5
4K Mixed 54.8
181% 62.3 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 363
273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 99.7%
Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
371GB free
Firmware: 2B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 463 441 411 385 376 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 452
Write 444
Mixed 399
SusWrite 423
97% 430 MB/s
4K Read 42.9
4K Write 93
4K Mixed 56
186% 64 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 364
274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 118%
Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot 1600 CL9 Series 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
91.2% Outstanding
MC Read 38.2
MC Write 33.8
MC Mixed 33.5
100% 35.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 15.6
SC Mixed 13.8
44% 15.4 GB/s
Latency 64.4
62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 91.2%
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 1,690 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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