Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.4% 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 Drive232% 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
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180706
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 04 '18 at 23:02
Run Duration185 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8400-$131
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
88.1% Excellent
Memory 89.4
1-Core 125
2-Core 246
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 467
8-Core 733
74% 600 Pts
64-Core 721
45% 721 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 88.1%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.4% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 110
Parallax 105
84% 106 fps
MRender 96.2
Gravity 94.7
Splatting 99.1
79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXD71D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1030 299 293 303 303 306 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
232% Outstanding
Read 2,169
Write 1,164
Mixed 1061
SusWrite 422
266% 1,204 MB/s
4K Read 60
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 72.7
252% 87.2 MB/s
DQ Read 977
DQ Write 904
DQ Mixed 944
707% 942 MB/s
Poor: 110%
This bench: 232%
Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
2TB free
Firmware: CC28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 210 200 211 211 213 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 203
Write 203
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 209
127% 175 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 118%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
85.5% Excellent
MC Read 34.3
MC Write 33.9
MC Mixed 24.7
88% 31 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 31
SC Mixed 22.7
68% 23.8 GB/s
Latency 68
59% 68 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R7 Builds (Compare 5,181 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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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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