Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 22:14
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 862 84% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,093 68% 1,093 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2503 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 135 Parallax 120 107% 129 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 103 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Optane+1.8TBHDD 582 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 142 143 200 166 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 43% Great: 97%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 16.8 Mixed 17.6 SusWrite 20.9 28% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.5 108% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 38%
SanDisk Ultra 123GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 115GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 19 18 19 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 15.3 Mixed 22.9 SusWrite 18.4 28% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 2.4 181% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 39%

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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 23.6 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 27.7 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 85%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,857x
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,389x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	774x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,300x
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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	552x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	549x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	493x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $478

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16