Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	140% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	20.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '19 at 01:05
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (43^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-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 239 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 744 74% 603 Pts	64-Core 947 59% 947 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84.2% 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: 416.34 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.9% Very good	Lighting 91.2 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 81.7 74% 87.1 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 88.5 Splatting 90.8 73% 88.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 222 264 255 237 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,513 Write 304 Mixed 342 SusWrite 229 129% 597 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 45 165% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 296 229% 315 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 776GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 167 167 165 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 146 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 166 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 4,758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 26.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%

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

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,857x
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,389x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	774x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,300x
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	549x
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 $163	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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16