Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 95%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics107% 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 Drive235% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.
SystemAlienware Aurora R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateApr 15 '21 at 14:24
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th 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 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
96.8% Outstanding
Memory 89.7
1-Core 146
2-Core 285
95% 174 Pts
4-Core 558
8-Core 856
88% 707 Pts
64-Core 1,022
63% 1,022 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 96.8%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 143
Parallax 131
112% 137 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 140
Splatting 120
103% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB
570GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1101 827 766 757 865 842 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
235% Outstanding
Read 1,525
Write 2,398
Mixed 1,634
SusWrite 860
363% 1,604 MB/s
4K Read 49.3
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 72
240% 86.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,208
DQ Write 909
DQ Mixed 1,099
811% 1,072 MB/s
Poor: 150%
This bench: 235%
Great: 298%
Dell Express Flash PM1725b 1.6TB AIC
803GB free
Firmware: 0.0.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1689 1432 1224 1088 1052 1034 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
259% Outstanding
Read 1,735
Write 1,740
Mixed 1,253
SusWrite 1,253
336% 1,495 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 62.6
218% 81.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,255
DQ Write 807
DQ Mixed 850
682% 971 MB/s
Poor: 163%
This bench: 259%
Great: 297%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 123GB
27GB free, PID null
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 26 19 28 23 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
40.7% Average
Read 148
Write 67.3
Mixed 85.5
SusWrite 37.1
101% 84.5 MB/s
4K Read 5.7
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 3.6
252% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 40.7%
Great: 40%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 00009E0010D1 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 00009E0010D1 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 00009E0010D1 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
72.1% Very good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 27.4
MC Mixed 22.3
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 29.9
SC Mixed 23.1
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 67.6
59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 73%

 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%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 83%
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System: Alienware Aurora R7

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $633
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