Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.6% 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	110% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '21 at 15:07
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 840 86% 696 Pts	64-Core 1,178 73% 1,178 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 100%

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: 461.92 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 92.4 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.8 75% 96.9 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 93.4 76% 93 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 110 98 95 81 75 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 1,015 Write 146 Mixed 231 SusWrite 96.4 80% 372 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38.5 167% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 471 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 162 153% 250 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 167%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 754GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 475 480 484 485 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 487 Mixed 447 SusWrite 481 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 63.6 212% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 357 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 449GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 176 176 164 144 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 146 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 167 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Expansion 5TB 2,792 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0712 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 134 133 133 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 105 Write 129 Mixed 77 SusWrite 134 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.8 198% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.6 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 26.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,853x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,386x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,295x
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 $95Bench 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	491x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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