Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99% 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	111% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 17:08
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 78 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 788 76% 627 Pts	64-Core 1,114 69% 1,114 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.95 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 135 Parallax 127 103% 130 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 126 Splatting 102 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 2,313 Write 78.1 Mixed 67 171% 819 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 4.44 4K Mixed 4.13 50% 12.1 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 193%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 174 174 25782911212 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 638 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5262 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 622 (C0) Power-off retract count 83 83 21125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 21125 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 193274314774 (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 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 3636 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14572330928 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20848205998	91.1% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 157 Mixed 164 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 221GB free Firmware: D005SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 165138510 (03) Spinup time 100 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3204 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4442803434 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3189 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 126 (BC) Unknown 100 99 13 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 41 447046942742 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 97 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 259466 (C2) HDA temperature 22 59 68719476758 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 27 165138510 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -4080218926552 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1136527442 (F2) Unknown 100 253 634743293 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	46% Average	Read 81.6 Write 78.7 Mixed 77.4 60% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.43 92% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 84.3 47% 84.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 110%

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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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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