Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.3% 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	169% 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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '19 at 23:35
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 84.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 238 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 850 83% 681 Pts	64-Core 1,128 70% 1,128 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90% 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: 431.36 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 110 Parallax 93.3 80% 101 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 93.8 Splatting 95.9 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80006E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 335 312 313 292 262 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,261 Write 560 Mixed 1,005 SusWrite 309 174% 784 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 66.1 227% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 603 DQ Write 693 DQ Mixed 621 476% 639 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 167%
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 447GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 318 94 101 95 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 432 Mixed 339 SusWrite 190 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 42.2 161% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 221 189% 276 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 893GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 195 196 202 197 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 181 Mixed 78 SusWrite 197 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 00009B1A10BA BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 24.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 25.8 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 83%

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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 $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