Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	151% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220119
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '22 at 17:03
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$188 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 891 80% 674 Pts	64-Core 1,180 73% 1,180 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 141 Parallax 140 105% 136 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 119 101% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$50 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 311 314 231 334 336 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,564 Write 618 Mixed 380 SusWrite 297 156% 715 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 47.4 176% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 436 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 300 240% 340 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 193%
Seagate Fast SSD 250GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 159GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 284 283 284 283 285 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 349 Write 306 Mixed 293 SusWrite 281 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 26.1 87% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 89.8 77% 113 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 186 188 189 189 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 141 Mixed 81.1 SusWrite 188 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Terra Master DAS 4TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 204 207 207 207 206 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 124%
Terra Master DAS 4TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 138 140 138 138 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 161 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 137 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown XRMWRN-HYA 313698041100 XRMWRN-HYA 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2800, 2800 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 28.6 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 28.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 98%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,899x
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,410x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	783x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,320x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,059x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	672x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	858x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	167x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	558x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	554x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	509x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $431

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