Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.3% 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	267% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	16.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '24 at 14:50
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 718 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 4630) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 551.61 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 140 Parallax 96.9 84% 113 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 101 Splatting 87.7 86% 108 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$152 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1014 672 645 617 658 648 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2445 Write 1,841 Mixed 1,647 SusWrite 709 370% 1,661 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 73.4 237% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,340 DQ Write 999 DQ Mixed 1,132 856% 1,157 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 372%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 223GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 284 273 269 284 284 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 496 Write 403 Mixed 400 SusWrite 291 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 22.8 104% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 38.9 92% 189 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 66GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 29 33 34 35 35 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
Corsair Voyager 3.0 64GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 59GB free, PID 1a03 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 139 106 134 112 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 149 Write 60.9 Mixed 24.1 SusWrite 123 108% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1 68% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KHX2666C16/16G 009C3616 HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 15.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	39	5	144	27"	2560 1369	GSM5B7F LG ULTRAGEAR

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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	2,858x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,389x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	774x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,300x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,039x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	844x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	552x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	549x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	493x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16