Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.8% 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	150% 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 02:28
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 670 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 100%

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: 457.30 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.8% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 158 Parallax 97.5 78% 117 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 94.8 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.8% 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% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 222 213 173 161 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,736 Write 334 Mixed 237 SusWrite 199 134% 627 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 45.7 168% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 401 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 288 238% 342 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 193%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 110GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 309 312 312 310 311 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 473 Mixed 386 SusWrite 327 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 47 158% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 352 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 727GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 139 140 140 140 140 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 170 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 139 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 215GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 46 46 46 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 44.4 Write 43.3 Mixed 32 SusWrite 45.4 56% 41.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.9 187% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 2626 2TB 8,368 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 816GB free, PID 2626 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 89 88 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 89.8 Write 82 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 88.1 104% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.4 158% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 65%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 6.4 5.1 4.5 6.4 3.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 22.2 Write 12.2 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 5.2 12% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 2.7 194% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 31 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.5 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 85%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,853x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,386x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,295x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,039x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	844x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	552x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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