Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.8% 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	119% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	33.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '19 at 04:31
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 751 68% 571 Pts	64-Core 1,040 64% 1,040 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 94%

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: 419.17 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.8% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 132 Parallax 133 103% 130 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 279 221 239 201 188 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 1056 Write 292 Mixed 353 SusWrite 232 106% 483 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 41.7 147% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 432 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 296 245% 354 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 193%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 392GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 357 379 385 383 381 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 356 Write 355 Mixed 357 SusWrite 364 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 18.1 60% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 135 101% 133 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 99%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 893GB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 106 107 106 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 154 Write 150 Mixed 39 SusWrite 106 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 108%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 89 89 89 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 98.5 Write 101 Mixed 81 SusWrite 88.4 125% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 95% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 49%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 107 107 108 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 101 Write 99.5 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 106 122% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 42%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 141GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 85 85 84 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 93 Write 81.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 84.6 107% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.6 270% 3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 79 79 78 80 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 109 Write 86.7 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 78.4 108% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 59%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 2.9 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	4.55% Terrible	Read 19 Write 15.7 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 3.6 17% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.55% Great: 6%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 20GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 54 41 28 28 25 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 134 Write 53.2 Mixed 26 SusWrite 36 68% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 2.4 160% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 00009E0010D1 CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 48GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 75%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,851x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,384x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	769x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,294x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,037x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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