Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171006
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 10:50
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 88.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 907 88% 723 Pts	64-Core 1,143 71% 1,143 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.95 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 192 Parallax 183 141% 183 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 175 Splatting 123 114% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 427GB free Firmware: X6104000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 294 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4302635104 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 80 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 499 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 45 193274904615 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 81605034003 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 808 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1171 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1060 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1455 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.2% Very good	Read 501 Write 331 Mixed 330 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 17.6 88% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 51.2 96% 194 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 119%
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,930 Write 1,036 Mixed 1,516 330% 1,494 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 61.2 193% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 560 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 183 208% 360 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 193%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7007 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 559 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1085 (0A) Spinup retry count 111 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 334 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1369 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236224315429 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 736 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 566 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 57% Great: 104%

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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 23.1 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 35.1 SC Mixed 27.7 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 85%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,851x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,384x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	769x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,294x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,037x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	841x
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	551x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	548x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	491x

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Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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