Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46.1% 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	146% 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '20 at 19:20
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 211 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 698 65% 542 Pts	64-Core 923 57% 923 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.1% Average	Lighting 51.5 Reflection 89 Parallax 21.6 42% 54 fps	MRender 47.5 Gravity 78 Splatting 70.1 54% 65.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 987 400 280 317 297 309 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,263 Write 1,054 Mixed 917 SusWrite 432 205% 916 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 39.7 131% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 630 DQ Write 657 DQ Mixed 637 481% 641 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 193%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 917GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 179 177 169 144 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 175 Mixed 110 SusWrite 168 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 109%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,910 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 15GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 111 Write 24.3 Mixed 3.2 SusWrite 24 39% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.3 79% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 6,858 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.1 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 88%

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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 $133	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