Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	196% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '20 at 14:06
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$443 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 296 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 931 91% 747 Pts	64-Core 1167 72% 1167 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB-$185 3,141 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 506 446 517 519 519 513 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 2,237 Write 494 Mixed 555 SusWrite 504 206% 947 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 47.9 164% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 586 DQ Write 508 DQ Mixed 492 384% 529 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 354%
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB-$185 3,141 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 69GB free Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1307 1360 1743 1688 816 517 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,344 Write 1,146 Mixed 1202 SusWrite 1,238 278% 1,233 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 81.1 263% 89.6 MB/s	DQ Read 880 DQ Write 526 DQ Mixed 707 525% 704 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 354%
Samsung 850 EVO 2TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 251GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23.1% Poor	Read 38.6 Write 33 Mixed 34.9 SusWrite 36.9 8% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 18.4 4K Mixed 17.3 58% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 26.5 DQ Mixed 28.1 21% 28.3 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 88%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 24TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 101GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 154 Write 16.6 Mixed 38 SusWrite 15.4 41% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 2.3 728% 5.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 135%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 4x8GB 426 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 26.7 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 27 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 89%

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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	780x

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	669x

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	501x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $431

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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) $39	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