Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	149% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, , , ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 21:55
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 150 2-Core 295 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 1,050 102% 840 Pts	64-Core 1,315 81% 1,315 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 2,277 Write 267 Mixed 532 219% 1,025 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 23.3 128% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 21.7 34% 59.7 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 193%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 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 141 141 65 (03) Spinup time 155 155 21491155183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1944 (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 1528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5995 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5995 (C2) HDA temperature 177 177 219044708383 (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 1049 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2352636167 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3229097982
Poor: 49% Great: 108%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 04.05G11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 11 (03) Spinup time 253 224 7433 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4742 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 189 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4597 (C2) HDA temperature 124 90 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	44.6% Average	Read 77.5 Write 77.6 Mixed 73.1 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.38 108% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 61%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 572GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 26% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 504 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 109%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,865x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,392x
Core i5-8400Intel $128Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	775x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,303x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,041x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	664x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	846x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	164x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	554x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	551x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	495x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16