Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.8% 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 Drive128% 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.
SystemAlienware Aurora R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory4.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191031
Uptime13.3 Days
Run DateJul 31 '20 at 21:52
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing below expectations (31st 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
88.8% Excellent
Memory 89.2
1-Core 136
2-Core 254
89% 160 Pts
4-Core 475
8-Core 797
77% 636 Pts
64-Core 1,003
62% 1,003 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 88.8%
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: 451.67
Performing below potential (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
86.8% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 120
Parallax 103
89% 111 fps
MRender 98.3
Gravity 111
Splatting 93.7
82% 101 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
125GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 298 280 276 283 271 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
128% Outstanding
Read 896
Write 296
Mixed 454
SusWrite 284
106% 482 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 50
189% 74.3 MB/s
DQ Read 434
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 375
285% 385 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 128%
Great: 193%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
97GB free
Firmware: MS2OA810
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 106 99 105 105 95 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
61.3% Good
Read 113
Write 99.5
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 101
64% 87.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
114% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 61.3%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74% Very good
MC Read 29.9
MC Write 27.3
MC Mixed 22.1
76% 26.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 22.2
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 68.2
59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 74%
Great: 87%

 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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