Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '19 at 01:45
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$186 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 863 87% 704 Pts	64-Core 1,133 70% 1,133 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 109 Parallax 92.4 80% 100 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 96.1 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80006E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 280 279 272 258 258 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 922 Write 648 Mixed 856 SusWrite 270 151% 674 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 44 194% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 452 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 213 199% 313 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 167%
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 438GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 423 267 114 105 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 216 Write 113 Mixed 331 SusWrite 240 51% 225 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 44.4 166% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 227 192% 279 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 891GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 202 204 204 204 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 188 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 199 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 00009B1A10BA BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 24.6 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,882x
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,401x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	780x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,312x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,049x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	668x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	849x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	166x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	555x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	553x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	500x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $414

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16