Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

12 days ago, 3 days ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '20 at 15:16
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-8700K-$355 383,533 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	1-Core 132 2-Core 258 92% 195 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 780 78% 621 Pts	64-Core 958 64% 958 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$346 703,911 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 267 Reflection 256 Parallax 290 70% 271 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 229 Splatting 194 64% 199 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$45 18,948 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 1,638 Write 331 Mixed 385 168% 785 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 45.9 168% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 439 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 288 241% 352 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 192%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$40 1,529,537 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 468GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 145 145 145 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 168 Mixed 91 SusWrite 145 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 2,454 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 22.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 25.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 87%

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

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Workstation 76%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $370Bench 89%, 150,954 samples	4,228x
Core i7-8700KIntel $355Bench 93%, 383,533 samples	2,771x
Core i5-8400Intel $200Bench 79%, 133,331 samples	1,569x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 104%, 564,777 samples	2,313x
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 78%, 703,911 samples	1,875x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 129%, 435,255 samples	1,743x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $45Bench 131%, 18,948 samples	2,258x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 243%, 8,241 samples	402x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 124%, 3,132 samples	386x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 4,142 samples	1,577x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 3,751 samples	935x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 2,454 samples	922x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $955

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $46
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $643	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16