Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	268% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180517
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '20 at 13:13
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 804 82% 662 Pts	64-Core 1,064 66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0858) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.95% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.78 7% 9.55 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.57 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.95% Great: 7%
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: 416.16 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 141 Parallax 116 105% 129 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 42GB free Firmware: 1.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 63 63 63 64 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 161 Write 75 Mixed 106 SusWrite 62.6 22% 101 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 26.4 112% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 67.4 DQ Mixed 85.2 67% 95.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 51%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 7GB free Firmware: DXM04B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 105 95 91 88 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 409 Write 108 Mixed 220 SusWrite 97.4 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 35.4 133% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 111 124% 216 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 110%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1931 989 796 804 824 828 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2547 Write 2,269 Mixed 1,797 SusWrite 1,028 427% 1,910 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 76 246% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 703 DQ Write 496 DQ Mixed 568 433% 589 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 355%
WD Elements 2621 2TB 11,378 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1TB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 102 102 102 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 111 Write 94 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 102 124% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 162% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 64%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 79GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	33% Below average	Read 68.3 Write 71.2 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 72.8 88% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 45%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 595GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.6 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	8.98% Terrible	Read 34.4 Write 6.7 Mixed 15 SusWrite 10.5 19% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 37% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 8.98% Great: 44%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 357GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 61.6 Write 62.3 Mixed 42.2 SusWrite 91 89% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 6,858 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.8% Very good	MC Read 31 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 22.4 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 25.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 88%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,851x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,384x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	769x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,294x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,037x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 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 $95Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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