Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory18 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181009
Uptime2 Days
Run DateMar 20 '19 at 12:27
Run Duration200 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700K-$199
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Memory 85.5
1-Core 141
2-Core 278
92% 168 Pts
4-Core 501
8-Core 882
83% 692 Pts
64-Core 1,137
70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1891
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 146
Parallax 135
106% 137 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 133
Splatting 108
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 265 208 192 179 164 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 563
Write 294
Mixed 518
SusWrite 216
89% 398 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 49.1
194% 70.9 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 289
232% 328 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 110%
Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
553GB free
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 182 181 179 181 180 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
Read 137
Write 98
Mixed 71
SusWrite 178
88% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 114%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78
4TB free
Firmware: FS2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 181 195 191 181 193 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 109%
VendorCo ProductCode 16GB
15GB free, PID 5678
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 3.2 3.2 3.2 4.1 3.6 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
1.36% Terrible
Read 3.5
Write 0.5
Mixed 2.7
SusWrite 3.8
3% 2.62 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
0% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 1.36%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 00009E001103 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 32GB
2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
81% Excellent
MC Read 29.2
MC Write 30.8
MC Mixed 25.6
82% 28.5 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 33.1
SC Mixed 26.5
75% 26.3 GB/s
Latency 71.6
56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 75%
This bench: 81%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R7 Builds (Compare 5,191 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier

System: Alienware Aurora R7

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $478
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