Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	152% 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	28.2 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 17:10
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$184 746,287 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 (81^st percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 84 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 878 88% 715 Pts	64-Core 1,082 67% 1,082 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 143 Parallax 142 112% 141 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 142 Splatting 115 104% 128 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% 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: 236 290 303 314 252 286 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,518 Write 324 Mixed 379 SusWrite 280 136% 625 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 49.5 185% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 434 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 285 240% 350 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 193%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 601GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 468 478 484 484 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 432 Mixed 418 SusWrite 468 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 50.6 170% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 354 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 200 197 202 201 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 176 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 184 100% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% 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	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 29.7 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 29.6 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 93%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,867x
Core i7-8700KIntel $184Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,397x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	776x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,306x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,044x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	665x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	847x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	165x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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