Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	46.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210906
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '22 at 07:38
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 710 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650-$155 259,091 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Gigabyte(1458 4025) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3100 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Lighting 57.3 Reflection 57.7 Parallax 55.2 47% 56.7 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 53.4 Splatting 47.5 45% 56 fps
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 46%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 449 464 465 369 347 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 417 Mixed 400 SusWrite 417 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 57.7 191% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 128GB 2,131 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 115GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 23.4 Write 17.9 Mixed 18.4 SusWrite 17.2 25% 19.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 16%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4.5TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 170 177 178 171 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 96.2 Write 92.4 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 174 137% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.8 181% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
ECB53616 Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 16.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns

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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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $633

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