Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	212% 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190604
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '19 at 00:48
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 858 87% 703 Pts	64-Core 1128 70% 1128 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.9% 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: 441.41 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 127 Parallax 137 111% 134 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 129 Splatting 106 109% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% 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% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 470 435 506 503 450 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 2,474 Write 519 Mixed 622 SusWrite 471 222% 1,022 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 52.6 193% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 605 DQ Write 516 DQ Mixed 484 383% 535 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 333%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 462GB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 133 136 136 136 135 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 156 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 135 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.9% 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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 22.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 26.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

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

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,866x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,396x
Core i5-8400Intel $126Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	775x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,306x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,043x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	665x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	846x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	165x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	554x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	551x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16