Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.5% 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	285% 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 (15%). 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	13.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190604
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '19 at 02:24
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 80.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 217 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 847 80% 662 Pts	64-Core 1,066 66% 1,066 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84.9% 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: 436.30 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 135 Parallax 130 100% 129 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1291 1093 1088 1117 1134 1141 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,466 Write 2,055 Mixed 1,593 SusWrite 1144 406% 1,815 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 70.3 233% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,070 DQ Write 911 DQ Mixed 1,000 747% 994 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 371%
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 300GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 255 254 256 302 302 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 500 Write 280 Mixed 298 SusWrite 278 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 27 117% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 52 84% 158 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 81%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 129 126 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 118 Write 104 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 128 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.3 235% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 68%
WD Gold 8TB (256MB Cache 2017)-$189 695 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4TB free Firmware: 01.01H02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 185 179 176 183 183 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 179 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 181 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.5 294% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 2x16GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 27.1 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 28.1 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 90%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,851x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,384x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	769x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,294x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,037x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	841x
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	551x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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