Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics93.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
SystemAlienware Aurora-R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07JNH0
Memory27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 01 '20 at 02:12
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3820
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
75.4% Very good
Memory 89.2
1-Core 98.5
2-Core 196
74% 128 Pts
4-Core 334
8-Core 486
51% 410 Pts
64-Core 493
30% 493 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
93.1% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 116
Parallax 119
96% 118 fps
MRender 140
Gravity 102
Splatting 85.7
87% 109 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 93.1%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256 256GB
8GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10D
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 440
Write 374
Mixed 248
78% 354 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 42.3
4K Mixed 28.9
96% 31.8 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 202
177% 268 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
573GB free
Firmware: 1A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 151 151 152 152 151 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Read 124
Write 112
Mixed 93.5
SusWrite 151
89% 120 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.2
234% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 109%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
1TB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 171 172 171 172 172 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
98.7% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 118
Mixed 77.6
SusWrite 170
98% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.5
4K Mixed 1.5
298% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 98.7%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
89.1% Excellent
MC Read 32.5
MC Write 38.4
MC Mixed 33
99% 34.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 14.1
SC Mixed 12.6
40% 14.1 GB/s
Latency 68.3
59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 89.1%
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 1,684 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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