Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	4.38% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	153% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '21 at 17:05
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$180 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 83.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 247 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 849 84% 688 Pts	64-Core 1,081 67% 1,081 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	4.38% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 6.4 Parallax 3.4 5% 5.4 fps	MRender 2.5 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 1.7 3% 3.57 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 4.38% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 285 245 228 221 217 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,108 Write 279 Mixed 491 SusWrite 253 117% 533 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 69.6 229% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 216 230% 392 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 193%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 601GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 478 479 477 484 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 467 Mixed 442 SusWrite 479 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 49.7 165% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 200 195 201 202 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 158 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 198 99% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown XRMWRN-HYA 383998041100 XRMWRN-HYA 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2933, 2933 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 29.8 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 29.4 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 93%

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

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,875x
Core i7-8700KIntel $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,398x
Core i5-8400Intel $120Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	777x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,308x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,045x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	667x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	847x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	166x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	554x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	551x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	497x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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