Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	148% 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	209% 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, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180828
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 19:52
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 100 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 629 60% 496 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3909) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	148% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 258 Parallax 198 176% 224 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 152 Splatting 135 128% 160 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$74 6,712 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101200WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1602 1214 967 888 1077 965 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1791 Write 2,052 Mixed 1,747 SusWrite 1,119 378% 1,677 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.2 204% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 49.5 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 77 72% 106 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 335%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 783GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 191 195 196 196 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 192 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 194 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 156 168 170 178 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 152 Write 167 Mixed 120 SusWrite 168 208% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1 207% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 98%

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 as expected (41^st percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.8 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 22.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,853x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,386x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,295x
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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	552x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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