Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics99% 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 Drive150% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181009
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 25 '19 at 00:14
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700-$200
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
91% Outstanding
Memory 94
1-Core 125
2-Core 269
90% 163 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 907
82% 690 Pts
64-Core 1,134
70% 1,134 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 91%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 139
Parallax 128
104% 132 fps
MRender 108
Gravity 124
Splatting 102
90% 111 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 99%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 341 348 343 349 309 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
150% Outstanding
Read 708
Write 457
Mixed 490
SusWrite 362
113% 505 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 61.4
197% 75.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,092
DQ Write 594
DQ Mixed 611
516% 766 MB/s
Poor: 112%
This bench: 150%
Great: 248%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
801GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 191 191 194 189 194 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 119
Mixed 76
SusWrite 191
104% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 108%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
81.4% Excellent
MC Read 32.6
MC Write 30.2
MC Mixed 22.7
81% 28.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 31.5
SC Mixed 26.2
73% 25.5 GB/s
Latency 59.8
67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 81.4%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R7 Builds (Compare 5,186 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: 70% - Very good Total price: $633
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