Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% 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	359% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	59 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '19 at 22:37
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 81.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 282 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 847 85% 693 Pts	64-Core 943 58% 943 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$391 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3729) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 150 Parallax 148 128% 152 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 138 Splatting 101 110% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 785GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1476 2147 2145 2224 2231 2070 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	359% Outstanding	Read 2,586 Write 2316 Mixed 1278 SusWrite 2,049 461% 2,057 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 78.6 264% 93.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,361 DQ Write 809 DQ Mixed 1,007 771% 1,059 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 359% Great: 425%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 2,712 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 851GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 464 467 468 467 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 466 Mixed 379 SusWrite 466 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 38.3 127% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 276 227% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 176 177 177 174 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 160 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 176 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
WD easystore 25FB 10TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 6TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 165 155 156 158 161 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 151 Write 166 Mixed 106 SusWrite 159 199% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 4x16GB 370 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 120%

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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	2,863x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,391x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	774x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,302x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,041x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	845x
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	553x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	550x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	495x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16