Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.8% 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	123% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '19 at 05:23
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 797 81% 656 Pts	64-Core 1,079 67% 1,079 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.8% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 106 Parallax 98.3 78% 99.8 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 89.3 Splatting 93.3 75% 91.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 254 233 226 225 228 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 951 Write 387 Mixed 438 SusWrite 243 111% 505 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 46.3 168% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 444 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 282 247% 369 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 877GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 186 192 176 190 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 172 Mixed 84 SusWrite 187 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 4.8 5.6 4.3 5.3 6.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 22 Write 11.3 Mixed 13.8 SusWrite 5.6 16% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.6 156% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 17%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 305GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 43 39 43 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 36.5 Write 36.3 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 41.7 49% 36 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 164% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 65%

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 as expected (57^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.9 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 85%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 83%

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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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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