Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive149% 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
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180209
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 06 '18 at 18:27
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8400-$131
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 92.9
1-Core 122
2-Core 245
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 712
70% 572 Pts
64-Core 720
45% 720 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
74.9% Very good
Lighting 93.8
Reflection 103
Parallax 87.9
76% 95 fps
MRender 89.9
Gravity 85.1
Splatting 88.9
72% 87.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
465GB free
Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Read 525
Write 413
Mixed 424
101% 454 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 59.4
4K Mixed 19.6
103% 36.5 MB/s
DQ Read 77.8
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 91.3
83% 122 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 129%
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
149% Outstanding
Read 2,192
Write 336
Mixed 554
220% 1,028 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 23.1
125% 51.9 MB/s
DQ Read 31.1
DQ Write 124
DQ Mixed 22.4
33% 59.2 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 149%
Great: 193%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
86% Excellent
MC Read 34.2
MC Write 33
MC Mixed 24.6
87% 30.6 GB/s
SC Read 18.4
SC Write 31.7
SC Mixed 26.7
73% 25.6 GB/s
Latency 62.3
64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 86%
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 5,189 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: 89% - Excellent Total price: $498
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HDDRAMUSB
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