Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics101% 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.
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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
SystemAlienware Aurora R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20220119
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 31 '22 at 20:17
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th 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 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Memory 90.6
1-Core 124
2-Core 250
86% 155 Pts
4-Core 447
8-Core 731
72% 589 Pts
64-Core 921
57% 921 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.47
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 0.2
Parallax 127
103% 84.6 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 130
Splatting 115
97% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Optane+1.8TBHDD
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 17.9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 17 13 19 117 179 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 43% Great: 97%
SABRENT 2TB
2TB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 177 173 176 175 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 174
Mixed 107
SusWrite 174
117% 159 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1
220% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 102%
Great: 106%
HGST HTS 541010A9E680 1TB
924GB free, PID 0c15
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 37 38 39 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
19.2% Very poor
Read 52.8
Write 35
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 38.2
51% 39.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.5
54% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 19.2%
Great: 19%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$63
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.3% Good
MC Read 24.5
MC Write 24.5
MC Mixed 19.1
65% 22.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 24.5
SC Mixed 21.2
58% 20.3 GB/s
Latency 66.4
60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 65.3%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R7 Builds (Compare 5,232 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: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $428
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