Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 years ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 20 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '19 at 19:48
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$330 270,363 User benchmarks, average bench 89% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 257 92% 160 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 761 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 941 63% 941 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$330 1,088,853 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.4% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 91 Parallax 73.8 62% 80.7 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 77.6 Splatting 91.4 64% 86.9 fps
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$36 36,351 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 306 199 204 195 200 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 982 Write 305 Mixed 291 SusWrite 239 99% 454 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 47.1 175% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 209 196% 304 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 188%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$40 794,536 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 568GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 177 177 176 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 115 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 176 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 3,601 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 23.2 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

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

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 87%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $330Bench 89%, 270,363 samples	3,113x
Core i7-8700KIntel $300Bench 92%, 573,344 samples	1,601x
Core i5-8400Intel $172Bench 84%, 246,199 samples	1,126x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 850,334 samples	1,474x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,088,853 samples	1,298x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 135%, 622,921 samples	874x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $36Bench 125%, 36,351 samples	1,090x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 119%, 6,284 samples	207x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 115%, 375,788 samples	188x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 6,532 samples	805x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 4,192 samples	665x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 6,661 samples	569x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $816

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $175	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $50
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $210	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16