Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '19 at 03:54
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 260 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 786 76% 626 Pts	64-Core 1,053 65% 1,053 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.1% 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: 430.86 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 92.9 Reflection 105 Parallax 87.5 76% 95 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 93.8 76% 92 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Optane+932GBHDD 1TB 6,924 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 139 140 142 130 142 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 88%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 41.3 Write 41.5 Mixed 32 SusWrite 41.9 53% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.9 259% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.6% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 22.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 25.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 85%

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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 $95Bench 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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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