Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.1% 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	265% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	26.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190604
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '19 at 04:54
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 84.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 271 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 836 84% 685 Pts	64-Core 1,092 68% 1,092 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 138 Parallax 120 103% 128 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 671GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1411 1428 1409 1444 1436 1438 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,342 Write 1927 Mixed 1,676 SusWrite 1,428 413% 1,843 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 63.8 206% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 666 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 381 299% 425 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 410%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 198 198 199 198 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 157 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 197 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 96 100 102 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 98.3 SusWrite 98.9 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.8 247% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 65%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 250GB 809 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 225GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 8.1 5.6 8.8 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 35 Write 19.2 Mixed 23 SusWrite 9.6 27% 21.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.3 152% 3 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KHX2666C16/16G 009C3616 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 00002B0C KHX2666C16/16G 009C3616 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 48GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.2 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 25.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 79%

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Gaming 91%

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Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 83%

Aircraft carrier

System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,876x
Core i7-8700KIntel $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,398x
Core i5-8400Intel $120Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	777x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,308x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,046x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	667x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	847x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	166x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	555x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	551x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	497x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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