Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	215% 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	48GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	35 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '19 at 14:48
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 795 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 1,042 64% 1,042 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.7% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 73.1 65% 80 fps	MRender 78.8 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 79.9 65% 78.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 745 555 542 529 520 512 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,900 Write 1,703 Mixed 636 SusWrite 567 267% 1,202 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 53.8 196% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,037 DQ Write 940 DQ Mixed 803 653% 927 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 254%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 238GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 292 322 295 327 295 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 471 Write 214 Mixed 179 SusWrite 284 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 23 90% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 62.6 DQ Mixed 88.7 88% 147 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 4TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: APGNW907 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 186 180 181 180 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 173 Write 174 Mixed 77 SusWrite 181 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.7 212% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 102%
Garmin Storage 64GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 59GB free, PID 287c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	9.4% Terrible	Read 13.8 Write 7.2 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 7.7 12% 9.55 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 102% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.4% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KHX2666C16/16G 009C3616 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 00002B0C KHX2666C16/16G 009C3616 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 48GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.5% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.9 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 79%

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Gaming 91%

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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	2,855x
Core i7-8700KIntel $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,389x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	773x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,299x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,039x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	844x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	552x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	548x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	493x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $478

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16