Test Systems and SANDRA
We tested the Alienware Aurora ALX as configured from the system builder. Then, we compared the results to three, recently reviewed Core i7 systems to give a sense of just how well it performs in light of some competing offerings.
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System 1: Alienware Aurora ALX Intel Core i7 975 3.33GHz Alienware X58 MicroATX 6GB Corsair DDR3-1600 ATI Radeon 5870 CrossFire 1TB Seagate HDD RAID 0 Vista Home Premium x64 Price: $ 4,074.00 USD |
System 2: CyberPower Gamer Extreme 3000 Intel Core i7 860 2.8GHz Asus P7P55D Delux P55 4GB Kingston DDR3-1600 EVGA NVIDIA GTX 295 1.5TB Seagate HDD Vista Home Premium x64 Price: $ 1,599.00 USD |
System 3: Digital Storm Custom 950 Si Intel Core i7 920 3.97GHz EVGA X58 Motherboard 6GB Corsair DDR3-1333 GeForce GTX 285 1.5TB Seagate HDD Vista Home Premium X64 Price: $ 3,265.00 USD |
System 4: iBuyPower Gamer Paladin F970 Intel Core i7 965 3.2GHz Asus P6T Deluxe V2 X58 12GB Corsair DDR3-1333 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 128GB SSD / 1TB HDD Vista Ultimate 64-bit Price: $ 3,111.00 USD |
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We began testing with SiSoftware's SANDRA, which stands for System ANalyzer, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant. Each test wwas run at the processor's stock speed of 3.33GHz with Hyper-threading and turbo mode enabled.
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Its easy to see from the graphs that the parts used in this system are high-performance in every way. If money is no object, you can't buy a faster platform than the Intel Core i7 975 with an X58 chipset motherboard.
