Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.4% 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	87.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200225
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 17:12
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 259 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 761 74% 609 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Dell(1028 3471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 124 Parallax 112 93% 117 fps	MRender 90.8 Gravity 114 Splatting 95.6 82% 100 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 288 290 295 275 241 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 438 Write 303 Mixed 286 SusWrite 279 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 31.2 128% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 244 206% 302 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 179 181 181 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 166 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 180 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 24.4 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 25.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 83%

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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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Value: 70% - Very good

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