Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 83.6%, 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 Drive141% 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.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181009
Uptime1 Days
Run DateFeb 16 '19 at 01:35
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700-$200
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
83.6% Excellent
Memory 83.9
1-Core 128
2-Core 242
84% 151 Pts
4-Core 447
8-Core 777
74% 612 Pts
64-Core 1,048
65% 1,048 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
74.9% Very good
Lighting 93.1
Reflection 104
Parallax 97.1
76% 98 fps
MRender 90.7
Gravity 87.5
Splatting 89.7
73% 89.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 255 251 243 226 216 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
141% Outstanding
Read 1,541
Write 325
Mixed 405
SusWrite 243
136% 629 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 42.8
152% 57.8 MB/s
DQ Read 432
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 281
239% 351 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 141%
Great: 193%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
931GB free
Firmware: MS2OA810
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 186 187 186 189 189 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 172
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 187
104% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
141% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 106%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
67.3% Good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 23.5
MC Mixed 21.8
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 19.4
SC Mixed 19.9
52% 18.1 GB/s
Latency 73.6
54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 67.3%
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 5,182 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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