Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 9 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
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20120208
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 29 '17 at 22:24
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 91
1-Core 95.4
2-Core 191
74% 126 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 591
60% 486 Pts
64-Core 709
44% 709 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 6870
AMD(1002 00D0) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
17% Very poor
Lighting 22.9
Reflection 15.7
Parallax 19.8
19% 19.5 fps
MRender 13.8
Gravity 15.7
Splatting 20
14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 15%
This bench: 17%
Great: 16%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 152GB
97GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
32.7% Below average
Read 56.4
Write 57.4
Mixed 51
41% 54.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 0.88
4K Mixed 0.42
83% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 32.7%
Great: 64%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN06 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
59.3% Above average
Read 104
Write 102
Mixed 92.2
75% 99.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.62
4K Write 1.62
4K Mixed 0.43
103% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 59.3%
Great: 60%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
96.8% Outstanding
MC Read 39.9
MC Write 39.1
MC Mixed 35.2
109% 38.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 13.2
SC Mixed 12.4
40% 13.8 GB/s
Latency 65.8
61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 96.8%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora-R4 Builds (Compare 1,686 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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