Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	119% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	49 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '20 at 00:56
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 758 73% 601 Pts	64-Core 963 60% 963 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 1962) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.3% Poor	Lighting 34.5 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 32.3 28% 34 fps	MRender 31.9 Gravity 32.1 Splatting 30.2 26% 31.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 36%
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C729) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 141 Parallax 134 112% 137 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 114 Splatting 99.7 102% 129 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 124 108 149 159 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 1,304 Write 212 Mixed 548 SusWrite 146 120% 553 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 50.8 160% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44.8 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 58.4 78% 133 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 248%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 181GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 227 127 120 115 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 461 Write 438 Mixed 358 SusWrite 180 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 40.1 137% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 231 200% 295 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 406 435 410 373 433 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 424 Mixed 420 SusWrite 408 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 43.9 143% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 204 170% 240 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 760GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 182 186 182 187 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 158 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 183 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 128% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 185 193 193 189 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 174 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 189 102% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 1 283% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 94%
ST1000DM 003-1CH162 1TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 562GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 39 39 38 39 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 33.7 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 38.5 49% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
EDB53616 CMD32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.2% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 20.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 72%

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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