Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 98%
Nuclear submarine
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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics111% 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 Drive192% 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.
Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
SystemAlienware Aurora R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190117
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 26 '19 at 22:34
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 46%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 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 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
95.2% Outstanding
Memory 92.8
1-Core 130
2-Core 224
86% 149 Pts
4-Core 525
8-Core 873
85% 699 Pts
64-Core 1,054
65% 1,054 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 95.2%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2652 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 157
Parallax 134
118% 145 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 145
Splatting 118
104% 128 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 111%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1200 1194 1194 846 283 311 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
192% Outstanding
Read 1,206
Write 1,153
Mixed 944
SusWrite 838
233% 1035 MB/s
4K Read 42.6
4K Write 87.6
4K Mixed 57.7
185% 62.6 MB/s
DQ Read 911
DQ Write 673
DQ Mixed 774
584% 786 MB/s
Poor: 127%
This bench: 192%
Great: 333%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1TB free
Firmware: CC28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 137 140 133 133 131 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
76.8% Very good
Read 135
Write 154
Mixed 62
SusWrite 133
88% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
78.6% Very good
MC Read 30.8
MC Write 29.5
MC Mixed 22.7
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 30.8
SC Mixed 25.9
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 62.6
64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 78.6%
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 5,195 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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