Alienware Aurora

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics97.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 04VWF2
Memory20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20100730
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 02 '18 at 13:34
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing below expectations (38th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7 X 980-$148
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
82.3% Excellent
Memory 94.8
1-Core 106
2-Core 208
79% 136 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 611
60% 494 Pts
64-Core 766
47% 766 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.3%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
97.7% Outstanding
Lighting 123
Reflection 144
Parallax 122
101% 130 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 126
Splatting 104
92% 113 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 97.7%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62
591GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 75 75 35 56 81 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
38% Below average
Read 68.8
Write 75.5
Mixed 46.2
SusWrite 63
47% 63.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 38%
Great: 87%
Wd1602abys-23b7a0 39M4507 42C0462IBM 160GB
22GB free
Firmware: 02.03B07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 64 64 64 64 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
36.8% Below average
Read 63.8
Write 65.5
Mixed 51
SusWrite 64.1
45% 61.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 36.8%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 6x4GB
6 of 6 slots used
24GB DIMM
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
47.3% Average
MC Read 16.8
MC Write 15.1
MC Mixed 17.5
47% 16.5 GB/s
SC Read 11.3
SC Write 8.8
SC Mixed 11.5
30% 10.5 GB/s
Latency 57.7
69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 47.3%
Great: 61%

 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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