Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 104%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 97%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics124% 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 Drive315% 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.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory47.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190117
Uptime5.7 Days
Run DateJan 28 '20 at 16:12
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
81.3% Excellent
Memory 75.8
1-Core 121
2-Core 242
80% 146 Pts
4-Core 466
8-Core 759
75% 612 Pts
64-Core 971
60% 971 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.25
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 171
Reflection 185
Parallax 166
139% 174 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 174
Splatting 123
113% 140 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
760GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXA75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1491 1479 1487 1472 1459 1429 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
315% Outstanding
Read 2,595
Write 1,537
Mixed 592
SusWrite 1,469
343% 1,548 MB/s
4K Read 51
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 69.5
241% 87 MB/s
DQ Read 1,182
DQ Write 925
DQ Mixed 1,026
775% 1,044 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 315%
Great: 331%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
2TB free
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 193 194 196 194 196 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 140
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 195
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 110%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown M378A2K43CB1-CTD 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
81.6% Excellent
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 33
MC Mixed 26.4
83% 29.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 34.8
SC Mixed 26.3
75% 26.2 GB/s
Latency 88.6
45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 80%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 93%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R7 Builds (Compare 5,183 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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