Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.4% 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	359% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220119
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '22 at 11:53
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$120 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 702 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Dell(1028 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.4% Above average	Lighting 71.5 Reflection 74.2 Parallax 67.9 58% 71.2 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 66.4 56% 68 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1748 1819 1819 1868 1920 1921 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	359% Outstanding	Read 2,657 Write 1,872 Mixed 519 SusWrite 1,849 383% 1,724 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 79.5 268% 95 MB/s	DQ Read 1,426 DQ Write 1,141 DQ Mixed 1,253 946% 1,274 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 359% Great: 393%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 119GB free Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 286 291 292 292 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 438 Write 290 Mixed 207 SusWrite 289 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 27.6 112% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 123 128% 212 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 169 172 171 170 172 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 122 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 169 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 114%
WD WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 1TB 40,989 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 300GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 80 79 82 83 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 90 Write 99.7 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 80.2 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 68% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KHX2666C16/8G 0000CE02 M378A1K43CB2-CTD 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 23.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 24.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 81%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,878x
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 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 $485Bench 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 $75Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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