Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.9% 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	114% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '23 at 00:33
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 96 2-Core 201 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 635 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 106 Parallax 96.7 77% 99 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 94 77% 93.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 288 268 230 209 185 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 928 Write 300 Mixed 455 SusWrite 251 106% 484 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 40.3 142% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 431 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 286 241% 352 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 193%
Sandisk S3 500G 500GB 12,292 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 393GB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 207 210 207 207 209 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 478 Write 285 Mixed 235 SusWrite 220 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 19 101% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 121 154% 275 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 116%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 917GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 164 166 167 168 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 80.4 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 166 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
EDB53616 CMK32GX4M2D3000C16 2x16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 30.3 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 93%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,874x
Core i7-8700KIntel $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,397x
Core i5-8400Intel $120Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	776x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,308x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,045x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	665x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	847x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	165x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	554x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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