Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99% 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.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 06:56
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 283 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 889 88% 717 Pts	64-Core 1,141 71% 1,141 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Dell(1028 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Lighting 74.7 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 62.7 61% 70.6 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 68.4 Splatting 70.9 57% 69.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 1,465 Write 180 Mixed 418 147% 687 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 11.6 93% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 36 DQ Write 86.5 DQ Mixed 11.6 23% 44.7 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: HP52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131485456 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 119 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1387979 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1749165342 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2451 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 68719476771 (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	99.3% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 171 Mixed 170 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 114%

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 (97^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 23.1 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 85%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,851x
Core i7-8700KIntel $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,383x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	768x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,294x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,037x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 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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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 $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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