Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (84%). 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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '20 at 02:08
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	84%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 as expected (54^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 265 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 829 81% 663 Pts	64-Core 1,046 65% 1,046 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88% 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: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	1.89% Terrible	Lighting 2.13 Reflection 2.46 Parallax 2 2% 2.2 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 2.13 Splatting 2.78 2% 2.65 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 1.89% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 128GB 20,313 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 122 122 124 124 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 499 Write 299 Mixed 332 SusWrite 131 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 41.1 147% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 142 111% 156 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 723GB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 137 128 135 147 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 183 Mixed 21.6 SusWrite 140 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KY7N41-MIE 2x8GB 1,784 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 23 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 26.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,856x
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,389x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	773x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,299x
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 $98Bench 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	493x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $478

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16