Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics80.9% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.
SystemAlienware Aurora R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180720
Uptime4.1 Days
Run DateAug 19 '19 at 23:06
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd 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 (100th percentile)
96.5% Outstanding
Memory 93.3
1-Core 136
2-Core 265
92% 165 Pts
4-Core 536
8-Core 868
86% 702 Pts
64-Core 1,117
69% 1,117 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 96.5%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.9% Excellent
Lighting 99.8
Reflection 113
Parallax 105
81% 106 fps
MRender 97
Gravity 95.4
Splatting 99.9
80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV512TBN 512GB
252GB free
Firmware: M0MF000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 399 308 243 247 247 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Read 402
Write 423
Mixed 343
SusWrite 308
83% 369 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 77.2
4K Mixed 34.7
119% 44.8 MB/s
DQ Read 325
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 278
220% 306 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 80 82 103 98 126 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
69.2% Good
Read 152
Write 111
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 88.6
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 69.2%
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)
80.5% Excellent
MC Read 32.2
MC Write 29.8
MC Mixed 22.6
81% 28.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 31.2
SC Mixed 26.1
72% 25.4 GB/s
Latency 61.3
65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 80.5%
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 5,176 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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