Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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.
Boot Drive76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
SystemAlienware Aurora R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181009
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateMar 04 '19 at 00:37
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th 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 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
97% Outstanding
Memory 93.6
1-Core 137
2-Core 270
93% 167 Pts
4-Core 539
8-Core 860
86% 700 Pts
64-Core 1,097
68% 1,097 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 97%
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: 419.17
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 141
Parallax 121
106% 131 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 128
Splatting 101
92% 113 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteon CV8-8E128-11 SATA 128GB
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C27110B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 144 144 144 143 125 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
76% Very good
Read 503
Write 176
Mixed 190
SusWrite 141
55% 252 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 70.4
4K Mixed 38
126% 44.8 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 158
DQ Mixed 132
112% 164 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 76%
Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 191 187 192 189 192 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 176
Mixed 80.3
SusWrite 190
114% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 106%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
79.9% Very good
MC Read 31.3
MC Write 29.7
MC Mixed 22.8
80% 27.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 26.4
72% 25.3 GB/s
Latency 60.8
66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 79.9%
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 5,186 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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