Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

7 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '19 at 19:48
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-8700-$340 130,122 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	1-Core 132 2-Core 257 92% 194 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 761 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 941 63% 941 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$390 706,612 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 232 Reflection 237 Parallax 236 60% 235 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 233 Splatting 210 66% 212 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$50 20,189 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 306 199 204 195 200 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 982 Write 305 Mixed 291 SusWrite 239 99% 454 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 47.1 175% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 209 196% 304 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 191%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$44 296,815 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 568GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 177 177 176 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 115 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 176 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 1,886 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 23.2 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 86%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 75%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $340Bench 88%, 130,122 samples	3,729x
Core i7-8700KIntel $367Bench 94%, 327,544 samples	2,465x
Core i5-8400Intel $194Bench 79%, 129,057 samples	1,370x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 101%, 504,565 samples	2,075x
GTX 1070Nvidia $390Bench 78%, 706,612 samples	1,666x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $695Bench 125%, 410,032 samples	1,604x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 130%, 20,189 samples	2,059x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 235%, 9,122 samples	370x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 129%, 2,822 samples	341x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 3,935 samples	1,452x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 3,002 samples	841x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 1,886 samples	828x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $918

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $210	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $234	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $349	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14