Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.6% 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	128% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farver,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '21 at 16:55
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	17%

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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 i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 729 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 1,008 62% 1,008 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.5% 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: 461.40 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 93.5 Reflection 104 Parallax 94 76% 97.2 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 95.4 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 108 115 122 146 147 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 1,665 Write 93.6 Mixed 152 SusWrite 120 107% 508 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 42.1 142% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 96.2 DQ Mixed 192 151% 217 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 193%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 63GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 240 200 191 194 185 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 472 Mixed 401 SusWrite 232 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 53.5 179% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Hitachi HTS727550A9E364 2TB 433GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 130 132 132 132 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 135 Write 85 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 131 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s

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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 30.1 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 27.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 93%

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

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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	777x

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	666x

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