Alienware Aurora-R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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
Memory3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20131126
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 25 '18 at 13:01
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU0%
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 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 i7-3930K-$280
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
76.1% Very good
Memory 90.7
1-Core 92.8
2-Core 185
72% 123 Pts
4-Core 332
8-Core 561
54% 447 Pts
64-Core 700
43% 700 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 148
Parallax 132
111% 139 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 135
Splatting 109
97% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB
5GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CB6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 484
Write 461
Mixed 380
98% 442 MB/s
4K Read 37.6
4K Write 84.2
4K Mixed 50.3
166% 57.4 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 257
222% 329 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
91GB free
Firmware: JC4A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 68 71 70 71 72 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
39.8% Below average
Read 68
Write 33.5
Mixed 49.3
SusWrite 70.5
41% 55.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.9
148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 39.8%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CK0 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
MC Read 35.2
MC Write 34.2
MC Mixed 29.7
94% 33 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 12.1
SC Mixed 11.2
35% 12.4 GB/s
Latency 66.2
60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora-R4 Builds (Compare 1,693 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
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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