Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	220% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	18.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191031
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '20 at 16:54
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 85.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 250 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 745 73% 597 Pts	64-Core 1,021 63% 1,021 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 116 Parallax 106 81% 107 fps	MRender 85.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 85.8 74% 90.6 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 1TB 3,743 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1088 1061 1125 1117 1115 1109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,340 Write 1,218 Mixed 1,211 SusWrite 1,102 274% 1,218 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.6 197% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 962 DQ Write 747 DQ Mixed 462 452% 724 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 237%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 352GB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 125 122 129 129 128 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 168 Write 149 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 125 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 163 158 154 158 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 144 Write 149 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 158 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.6 264% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 80 82 82 83 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 132 Write 138 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 80.4 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.8 286% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 147 145 151 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 118 Write 143 Mixed 100 SusWrite 148 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 403% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 100 101 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 131 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 99.4 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.6 224% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 1,841 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 970GB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 102 101 101 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 55.3 Write 93.8 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 103 119% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.5 182% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 1,841 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 164 168 168 171 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 108 SusWrite 167 195% 143 MB/s	4K Read 9.2 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 218% 4.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FBD 0000AD01 HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 00009B0010D8 BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FBD 0000AD01 HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 24.6 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 80%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,885x
Core i7-8700KIntel $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,401x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	781x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,313x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,049x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	670x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	850x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	166x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	555x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	553x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	502x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $431

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16