Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.6% 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 Drive	218% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171006
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 07:49
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 84.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 273 89% 164 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 855 85% 695 Pts	64-Core 1,097 68% 1,097 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 135 Parallax 113 100% 124 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 117 Splatting 96.9 86% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PM981 Samsu 256GB 697 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 987 313 313 315 309 313 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 2,033 Write 1,300 Mixed 1,128 SusWrite 425 271% 1,221 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 65 207% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 1,077 DQ Mixed 1,003 761% 1,017 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 244%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 202 201 203 202 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 198 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 202 125% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 6,858 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 31 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 22.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,851x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,384x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	769x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,294x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,037x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	841x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	551x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	548x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	491x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16