Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	138% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200225
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 10:50
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (42^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 212 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 706 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.38 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.8% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 73.9 64% 81.2 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 102 78% 94 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 244 199 196 193 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 1,554 Write 373 Mixed 408 SusWrite 217 138% 638 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.2 149% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 429 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 288 241% 350 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 193%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 153GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 444 448 442 440 436 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 453 Mixed 431 SusWrite 441 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 49.6 159% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 350 262% 350 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 906GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 168 169 168 168 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 124 Write 165 Mixed 72 SusWrite 167 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 95%

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 way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 21.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68% 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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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