Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	112% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 02:25
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$114 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 715 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 119 Parallax 225 111% 160 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 129 Splatting 160 114% 136 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 512G 512GB 10,855 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 445GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 416 425 419 418 413 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 401 Mixed 234 SusWrite 415 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44 176% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 171 177% 290 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 119%

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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 25.1 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 27.6 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

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

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,899x
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,407x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	783x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,320x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,059x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	672x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	858x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	167x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $99Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	558x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	554x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	508x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $431

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