Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	249% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	23.7 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	Nov 28 '19 at 15:39
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (92^nd percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 842 83% 679 Pts	64-Core 1,131 70% 1,131 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 190 Parallax 189 146% 186 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 175 Splatting 120 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 1TB 3,743 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1171 1136 1165 1160 1170 1032 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,564 Write 1352 Mixed 1,408 SusWrite 1139 307% 1,366 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 71.3 240% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 949 DQ Mixed 454 480% 791 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 237%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 236GB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 160 160 160 161 165 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 93.3 Write 35.5 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 162 57% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 18% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 6TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 42 42 41 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 35 Write 33.8 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 41.3 27% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 206% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 715GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 85 87 84 84 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 108 Write 120 Mixed 102 SusWrite 83.9 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.7 405% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 140 146 146 146 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 123 Write 144 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 145 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.7 468% 4.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 114 116 114 115 116 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 92%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 412GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 85 86 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 98 Write 101 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 84.9 115% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 111% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 41%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 1,841 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 992GB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 88 90 91 95 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 72.2 Write 85.7 Mixed 68 SusWrite 91.8 111% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.5 188% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 1,841 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 5.5TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 179 186 184 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 147 Write 158 Mixed 105 SusWrite 182 203% 148 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.8 233% 5.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FBD 0000AD01 HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 00009B0010D8 BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FBD 0000AD01 HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 26.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 80%

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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 $182	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) $30	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