Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics92.9% 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 Drive289% 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
Memory2.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190604
Uptime5.8 Days
Run DateJun 30 '20 at 17:15
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing below expectations (28th 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 83.7
1-Core 85
2-Core 200
70% 123 Pts
4-Core 443
8-Core 804
75% 624 Pts
64-Core 1,092
68% 1,092 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
92.9% Outstanding
Lighting 117
Reflection 132
Parallax 120
96% 123 fps
MRender 106
Gravity 119
Splatting 99
88% 108 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 92.9%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk S31024G 1TB
206GB free
Firmware: X6107000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 407 413 419 415 418 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Read 448
Write 418
Mixed 289
SusWrite 412
88% 392 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 44.8
4K Mixed 26.6
96% 32.1 MB/s
DQ Read 351
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 254
210% 302 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 121%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74
719GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1921 1713 1719 1715 1723 1724 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
289% Outstanding
Read 1,703
Write 2,060
Mixed 1,823
SusWrite 1,753
415% 1,835 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 66.8
226% 81.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,042
DQ Write 937
DQ Mixed 948
723% 976 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 289%
Great: 347%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
149GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 155 157 157 160 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Read 155
Write 153
Mixed 81
SusWrite 155
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
76.1% Very good
MC Read 31.4
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 22.6
79% 27.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 25.4
SC Mixed 21.9
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 73.9
54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R7 Builds (Compare 5,186 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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HDDRAMUSB
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