Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	106% 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	205% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 22:01
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 302 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 614 8-Core 882 94% 748 Pts	64-Core 885 55% 885 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Dell(1028 3471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 149 Parallax 136 113% 141 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 136 Splatting 114 97% 119 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 670GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 409 484 488 489 488 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 476 Mixed 455 SusWrite 469 107% 477 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 53.4 176% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 436 321 295 326 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,885 Write 397 Mixed 1,139 SusWrite 330 206% 938 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 71.3 248% 91.3 MB/s	DQ Read 694 DQ Write 763 DQ Mixed 234 313% 564 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 193%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 24.5 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

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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