Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	255% 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	21.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '21 at 17:19
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 76.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 266 87% 160 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 782 80% 644 Pts	64-Core 1,008 62% 1,008 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.3% 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: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 147 Parallax 139 121% 145 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 148 Splatting 127 108% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Dell Express Flash PM1725b 1.6TB AIC 20 User benchmarks, average bench 248% 490GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0.0.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1669 1670 1718 1703 1243 1292 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,449 Write 1,257 Mixed 1,164 SusWrite 1,549 305% 1,355 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 62.1 210% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,069 DQ Write 597 DQ Mixed 916 659% 861 MB/s
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 255% 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: 2269 1075 814 837 871 832 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,079 Write 1,383 Mixed 1,330 SusWrite 1,116 278% 1227 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 72.8 234% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,161 DQ Write 937 DQ Mixed 1,074 797% 1,057 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 231% 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 way below expectations (17^th percentile)	67.7% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 22.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 73%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,887x
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,402x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	781x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,315x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,050x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	670x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	851x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	166x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	555x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	553x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	504x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $431

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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