Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics120% 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.
Memory48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.
Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory32.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190604
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 01 '19 at 04:13
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 74%
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 PC Performing below expectations (22nd 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 way below expectations (8th percentile)
66.6% Good
Memory 70.3
1-Core 87.2
2-Core 154
61% 104 Pts
4-Core 338
8-Core 611
57% 475 Pts
64-Core 593
37% 593 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 66.6%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$383
MSI(1462 3722) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
120% Outstanding
Lighting 163
Reflection 159
Parallax 156
133% 159 fps
MRender 179
Gravity 136
Splatting 107
111% 141 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 120%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel MEMPEK1W032GA 29GB
27GB free
Firmware: K3110310
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 142 209 219 194 214 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
133% Outstanding
Read 804
Write 226
Mixed 341
SusWrite 186
85% 389 MB/s
4K Read 71.1
4K Write 46.7
4K Mixed 57.8
206% 58.5 MB/s
DQ Read 895
DQ Write 268
DQ Mixed 413
348% 525 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 133%
Great: 328%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB
295GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 251 357 363 229 236 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
171% Outstanding
Read 317
Write 290
Mixed 73
SusWrite 278
173% 239 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1.4
295% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 171%
Great: 326%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2666 C16 Series 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 0000020210D8 2666 C16 Series 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 48GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
65.3% Good
MC Read 25.8
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 23.8
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 6.6
SC Write 10.8
SC Mixed 7.7
24% 8.37 GB/s
Latency 101
40% 101 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 65.3%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R7 Builds (Compare 5,214 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: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $428
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HDDRAMUSB
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