Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	150% 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	282% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171006
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 05:51
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 254 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 856 83% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,116 69% 1,116 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.5% 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: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Lighting 241 Reflection 180 Parallax 169 196% 197 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 121 Splatting 115 94% 115 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK2T0TBN 2TB 5,114 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: M0MU031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 61 167504773143 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2404134013 (F7) Unknown 100 100 75237102 (F8) Unknown 100 100 7271108 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9350 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	99.4% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 474 Mixed 461 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 35.1 122% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 36.5 99% 211 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 101%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,728 Write 1,511 Mixed 1,736 439% 1,992 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 59.1 202% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 439 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 190 198% 327 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 306%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6811 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 661 (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 99 99 675 (0A) Spinup retry count 113 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 862 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979871781 (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 99 408 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 555 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	90.6% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 157 Mixed 158 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.87 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.29 146% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 104%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 407GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 117 Write 80.5 Mixed 67.7 105% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.37 89% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 4x8GB 367 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 26.7 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 24.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

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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 $90Bench 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