Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76% 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	341% 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.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220119
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '23 at 22:08
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 716 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 918 57% 918 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.4% 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: 457.51 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 92.9 Reflection 105 Parallax 95.2 76% 97.7 fps	MRender 91.7 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 94.6 77% 93.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 54,201 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 827GB free (System drive) Firmware: 731100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2213 2249 2264 2306 2307 2301 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	341% Outstanding	Read 2,407 Write 2,371 Mixed 2,131 SusWrite 2,274 518% 2,296 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 64.1 221% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 947 DQ Write 742 DQ Mixed 863 640% 850 MB/s
Poor: 249% ↑ This bench: 341% Great: 623%
Edge SE847 SSD 250GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 203GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 279 279 279 279 279 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 502 Write 279 Mixed 270 SusWrite 279 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 29.7 105% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 59.4 DQ Mixed 85.7 74% 113 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 378GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 172 172 172 172 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 152 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 172 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 113%
Lacie d2 Professional 8TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 235C SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 226 226 227 225 226 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 27% Great: 119%
Seagate Desktop 8TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 38 41 40 41 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 34.7 Write 35 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 40.3 26% 35 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.5 200% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFRA266.C8FE 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 00009B06 CT8G4DFRA266.C8FE 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 27.1 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 24.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,865x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,392x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	774x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,303x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,041x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	664x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	846x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	164x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	553x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	551x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	495x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16