Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	312% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	59.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191031
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 06:34
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$186 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 83.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 268 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 844 84% 685 Pts	64-Core 1,049 65% 1,049 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 144 Parallax 133 105% 135 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$159 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1762 1686 1696 1625 1522 1433 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	312% Outstanding	Read 2,463 Write 2,026 Mixed 1,245 SusWrite 1,621 411% 1,839 MB/s	4K Read 65 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 87.3 288% 99.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 704 DQ Mixed 394 342% 494 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 312% Great: 435%
Samsung 860 EVO 4TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 481 484 482 481 484 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 422 Mixed 416 SusWrite 483 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 56.3 187% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 57.6 103% 197 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 138%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 817GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 480 483 481 481 484 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 443 Mixed 382 SusWrite 482 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 58.2 192% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 185 157% 222 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 675GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 158 159 158 157 159 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 128 Mixed 70 SusWrite 157 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	88% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 27.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 28.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 140%

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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	2,900x
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,410x
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 $499Bench 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 $93Bench 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	509x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $431

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