Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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	354% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	60.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '19 at 03:51
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 271 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 825 80% 656 Pts	64-Core 1,132 70% 1,132 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.8% 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: 430.64 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 141 Parallax 121 105% 130 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 804GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2141 2188 2216 2270 2269 2262 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	354% Outstanding	Read 2,703 Write 2,362 Mixed 1,420 SusWrite 2,224 488% 2,177 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 77.1 259% 91 MB/s	DQ Read 578 DQ Write 755 DQ Mixed 82 225% 472 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 354% Great: 425%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2TB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 490 490 489 490 492 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 486 Mixed 463 SusWrite 490 110% 487 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 57.7 191% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 186 166% 245 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 616GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 490 490 489 490 492 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 471 Mixed 408 SusWrite 490 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 58.7 194% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 306 236% 320 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 675GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 158 157 157 159 159 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 134 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 158 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 27.9 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 28.4 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 140%

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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	2,852x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,385x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,295x
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	843x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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	491x

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Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16