Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics105% 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 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.
Memory10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.
SystemAlienware Aurora  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0H869M
Memory6.1 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20090921
Uptime6 Days
Run DateAug 19 '17 at 20:25
Run Duration100 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7 930-$199
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
72.2% Very good
Memory 95.5
1-Core 75.3
2-Core 149
66% 107 Pts
4-Core 270
8-Core 359
40% 315 Pts
64-Core 378
23% 378 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 165
Parallax 167
104% 153 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 166
Splatting 116
109% 135 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 105%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
563GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
95.2% Outstanding
Read 163
Write 169
Mixed 148
120% 160 MB/s
4K Read 0.51
4K Write 1.57
4K Mixed 0.22
75% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 95.2%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 10GB
null MHz
4096, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
45.3% Average
MC Read 16.5
MC Write 15.3
MC Mixed 13.4
43% 15.1 GB/s
SC Read 11.9
SC Write 12.8
SC Mixed 13
36% 12.6 GB/s
Latency 55.5
72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 16%
This bench: 45.3%
Great: 45%

 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 $46
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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