Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.8% 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	247% 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

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

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '19 at 02:25
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 919 89% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,131 70% 1,131 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98% 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: 441.41 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 109 Parallax 102 80% 103 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 95.7 77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme M.2 PCIE G3x4 NV 1TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 785GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1826 947 738 650 788 793 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,916 Write 2,327 Mixed 1,516 SusWrite 957 378% 1,679 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 61.8 208% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 1,228 DQ Write 915 DQ Mixed 1,047 789% 1,063 MB/s
Poor: 179% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 269%
583 256GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 209GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 258 220 198 204 217 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 162 Write 314 Mixed 348 SusWrite 232 60% 264 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 35.3 120% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 208 170% 242 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 22.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 26.9 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 85%

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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	2,858x
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	1,300x
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	549x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	493x

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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16