Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 171% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 155% 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	194% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	293% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220119
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '23 at 18:43
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 777 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080 12GB 54,181 User benchmarks, average bench 192% EVGA(3842 4865) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	194% Outstanding	Lighting 283 Reflection 254 Parallax 286 230% 274 fps	MRender 330 Gravity 232 Splatting 173 192% 245 fps
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 211%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDS100T1XHE-00AFY0 1TB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 467% 489GB free (System drive) Firmware: 614600WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2014 2054 2067 1672 1276 1233 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,446 Write 2,123 Mixed 2,010 SusWrite 1,719 466% 2,075 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 56.9 196% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 565 DQ Mixed 691 511% 679 MB/s
Poor: 293% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 612%

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 31.7 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 23.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 25.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 8: 0P 0R 2G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
8%	7%	54	194	16	180	24"	1920 1080	AUS24B1 ROG PG248Q

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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	2,865x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,392x
Core i5-8400Intel $130Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	774x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,303x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,041x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	664x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	846x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	164x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	553x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	551x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	495x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16