Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	45.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220119
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '22 at 14:44
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 780 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 943 58% 943 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 136 Parallax 125 101% 128 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 127 Splatting 113 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S-2T00 2TB 3,189 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 172GB free Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 393 312 345 342 359 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 445 Mixed 342 SusWrite 356 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 42.4 138% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 234 206% 308 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 120%
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 454GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM11.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1064 805 801 818 832 793 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 1,291 Mixed 739 SusWrite 852 193% 845 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 20.8 74% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 628 DQ Write 515 DQ Mixed 727 502% 623 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 472%
WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TB 44,185 User benchmarks, average bench 430% 208GB free Firmware: 614600WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1756 1446 1401 1333 1263 1287 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,407 Write 2,116 Mixed 2,102 SusWrite 1,414 451% 2,010 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 65.5 221% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 962 DQ Write 546 DQ Mixed 740 554% 749 MB/s
Poor: 264% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 573%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$110 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 181 191 183 173 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 112 Write 155 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 177 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.8 246% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 6,447 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 35.7 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 29.2 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 136%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,851x
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,383x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	768x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,294x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,037x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	841x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	551x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	548x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	491x

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Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $185	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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