Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.1% 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	94.6% 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '18 at 14:31
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 235 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 729 74% 601 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 89%

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: 399.24 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.1% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 105 Parallax 87.4 76% 95.4 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 84.2 Splatting 89.6 72% 88.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 366 419 415 390 297 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 459 Mixed 437 SusWrite 388 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 41.3 138% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 141 116% 170 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 745GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 173 168 180 178 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 150 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 174 96% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 00009E0010D1 CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 71%

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

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,860x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,389x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	774x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,301x
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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	552x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	549x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	494x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16