Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% 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

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System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '20 at 20:25
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 674 73% 578 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% PNY(196E 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Lighting 74.2 Reflection 75.5 Parallax 65.6 60% 71.8 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 71.9 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 688GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 470 474 478 480 479 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 472 Mixed 431 SusWrite 475 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 52.5 174% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 354 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2933 C15 2x8GB 6,535 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.7% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 91%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,892x
Core i7-8700KIntel $191Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,404x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	781x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,053x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	671x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	853x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	167x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $102Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	556x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	554x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	505x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $431

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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