Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	154% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191031
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '20 at 18:17
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 268 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 799 80% 653 Pts	64-Core 1,043 64% 1,043 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 94%

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: 445.75 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.5% Very good	Lighting 88.4 Reflection 99.5 Parallax 93.3 72% 93.7 fps	MRender 87.3 Gravity 83.1 Splatting 87.6 71% 86 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.5% 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% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 280 233 194 176 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,771 Write 349 Mixed 521 SusWrite 228 155% 717 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 45 172% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 276 231% 334 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 209 204 214 211 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 180 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 205 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.2 126% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 164GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 114 112 113 114 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 165 Write 158 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 113 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 109%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 756 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 009f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 22 Mixed 2.7 9% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Mixed 0 37% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 7%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 2,112 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 15GB free, PID 00ed Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 17 15 16 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	9.33% Terrible	Read 36.2 Write 19.7 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 14.7 28% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.33% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 4,758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.5 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 24.6 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 87%

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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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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