Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	251% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '21 at 17:21
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 833 80% 662 Pts	64-Core 1,050 65% 1,050 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 141 Parallax 135 115% 139 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 142 Splatting 121 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Dell Express Flash PM1725b 1.6TB AIC 20 User benchmarks, average bench 248% 489GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0.0.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1545 1478 1129 1053 1017 999 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,718 Write 1,709 Mixed 1,267 SusWrite 1,204 331% 1,474 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 65.1 224% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1117 DQ Write 657 DQ Mixed 850 643% 875 MB/s
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 297%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 849GB free Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2246 1085 784 817 784 804 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 942 Write 2,248 Mixed 1281 SusWrite 1,087 316% 1,389 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 74.2 245% 91.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,186 DQ Write 943 DQ Mixed 1,131 828% 1,086 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 298%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 00009E0010D1 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 00009E0010D1 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 00009E0010D1 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 73%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,876x
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	1,046x
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	555x
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