Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics80.3% 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 Drive340% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191031
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateDec 06 '19 at 01:39
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 12%
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 PC Performing above expectations (73rd 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 (87th percentile)
92.3% Outstanding
Memory 93.4
1-Core 137
2-Core 259
92% 163 Pts
4-Core 491
8-Core 836
81% 664 Pts
64-Core 1,060
66% 1,060 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 92.3%
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: 441.41
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.3% Excellent
Lighting 99.8
Reflection 111
Parallax 93.9
81% 102 fps
MRender 94
Gravity 93.2
Splatting 98.6
78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158
733GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2327 2000 1178 1183 1181 1191 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
340% Outstanding
Read 2,510
Write 2,366
Mixed 1,549
SusWrite 1510
445% 1,984 MB/s
4K Read 64.3
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 88.1
294% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 1,342
DQ Write 1,162
DQ Mixed 1,247
936% 1,251 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 340%
Great: 372%
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 31.8
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 22.6
81% 28.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.6
SC Write 31.3
SC Mixed 25.9
72% 25.3 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 5,175 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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