Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	166% 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.

Run History

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190604
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '19 at 11:46
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 904 88% 724 Pts	64-Core 1105 68% 1105 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% PNY(196E 1301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 128 Parallax 143 111% 136 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 129 Splatting 104 109% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 500 518 516 499 514 345 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,228 Write 480 Mixed 601 SusWrite 482 154% 698 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 54.6 203% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 611 DQ Write 516 DQ Mixed 474 379% 533 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 333%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 593GB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 170 164 173 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 151 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 171 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 22.8 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 27 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,855x
Core i7-8700KIntel $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,388x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	773x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,299x
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	548x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	493x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $498

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16