Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.9% 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 Drive270% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181009
Uptime6.1 Days
Run DateDec 01 '18 at 07:23
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 16%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th 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 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 83.9
1-Core 117
2-Core 214
79% 138 Pts
4-Core 417
8-Core 663
66% 540 Pts
64-Core 965
60% 965 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34
Relative performance (0th percentile)
84.9% Excellent
Lighting 158
Reflection 167
Parallax 175
129% 167 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 84.9%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
353GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXA75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1287 1315 1323 1306 1327 1341 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
270% Outstanding
Read 2,301
Write 1,377
Mixed 634
SusWrite 1,316
312% 1407 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 58.7
200% 71.2 MB/s
DQ Read 838
DQ Write 742
DQ Mixed 777
586% 786 MB/s
Poor: 149%
This bench: 270%
Great: 306%
WD Gold 10TB (2016)-$227
8TB free
Firmware: 01.01H02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 239 240 242 242 238 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
136% Outstanding
Read 235
Write 227
Mixed 101
SusWrite 237
146% 200 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 1.2
297% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 136%
Great: 133%
Mass Storage Device 32GB
6GB free, PID 1212
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 19 18 19 19 18 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
16.8% Very poor
Read 19.5
Write 18
Mixed 17.5
SusWrite 18.1
25% 18.3 MB/s
4K Read 6.2
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 3.8
248% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 16.8%
Great: 19%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
MC Read 31.2
MC Write 33.7
MC Mixed 26.4
87% 30.4 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 30.2
SC Mixed 24.7
67% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 73.7
54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 77%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 92%

 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%
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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