Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics109% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Aurora R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200609
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 02 '20 at 17:01
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (86th 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 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
Memory 93.7
1-Core 128
2-Core 247
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 499
8-Core 731
77% 615 Pts
64-Core 725
45% 725 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2803 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 153
Parallax 131
116% 142 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 145
Splatting 117
103% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
817GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA810
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 140 127 118 129 116 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
87.5% Excellent
Read 179
Write 143
Mixed 32
SusWrite 127
87% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
78% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
48% Average
MC Read 18.5
MC Write 16.8
MC Mixed 12.4
45% 15.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 16.6
SC Mixed 14.9
43% 15.1 GB/s
Latency 60.5
66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 48%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R7 Builds (Compare 5,188 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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