Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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 Drive	212% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171006
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '19 at 05:30
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th 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-$186 349,567 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 (92^nd percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 897 85% 705 Pts	64-Core 1,133 70% 1,133 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6282) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 149 Parallax 122 110% 136 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 112 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$50 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1011 928 328 337 336 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,764 Write 1,026 Mixed 977 SusWrite 541 239% 1,077 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 68.1 232% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 718 DQ Write 933 DQ Mixed 622 526% 758 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 193%
HP S700 500GB-$60 12,813 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 466GB free Firmware: R0116B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 400 434 419 423 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 410 Mixed 391 SusWrite 421 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 20.4 128% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 24 72% 150 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
EDB53616 CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 009C3616 M378A1K43CB2-CTD 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 19.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 21.5 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 66%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,885x
Core i7-8700KIntel $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,401x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	781x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,313x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,049x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	670x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	850x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	166x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	555x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	553x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	502x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $431

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16