Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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	98.9% 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	399% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 15 '19 at 23:16
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 87.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 278 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 791 83% 667 Pts	64-Core 1,116 69% 1,116 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 100%

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 (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 138 Parallax 118 103% 128 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 124 Splatting 103 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 729GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 2205 2226 2239 2266 2272 2268 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	399% Outstanding	Read 2,655 Write 2,162 Mixed 1,108 SusWrite 2,246 457% 2,043 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 89.1 310% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,426 DQ Write 1,281 DQ Mixed 1,323 1,001% 1,344 MB/s
Poor: 218% ↑ This bench: 399% Great: 438%
SanDisk SSD Plus 960GB-$90 2,663 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 552GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 389 161 154 154 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 390 Write 387 Mixed 345 SusWrite 234 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 17.1 84% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 34.1 83% 169 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 78%
Samsung 970 PRO 1TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 268% 466GB free Firmware: 2B2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 2261 629 629 628 631 630 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,579 Write 2,346 Mixed 1,164 SusWrite 901 389% 1,748 MB/s	4K Read 72.1 4K Write 215 4K Mixed 103 355% 130 MB/s	DQ Read 1,515 DQ Write 1,399 DQ Mixed 1,425 1,078% 1,446 MB/s
Poor: 211% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 326%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 231 223 230 224 229 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 240 Write 245 Mixed 103 SusWrite 226 148% 204 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.9 361% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 136%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 2,149 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 14GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 22.7 Write 14.5 Mixed 17.8 22% 18.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 3.2 224% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M2A2666C16 2x16GB 431 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 93%

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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	2,851x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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