Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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.
Boot Drive	199% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171006
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '17 at 16:37
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 814 81% 661 Pts	64-Core 1,123 70% 1,123 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.66 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 196 Parallax 187 144% 187 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 173 Splatting 126 115% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 2,450 Write 654 Mixed 528 261% 1,211 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 39.4 153% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 97.1 136% 250 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 100 54881976 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2627 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 303581 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1152 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6086 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 107898168410428 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4317911351 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4393643634	100% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 162 Mixed 168 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2TB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 103 Write 94.7 Mixed 61.1 106% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 43%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 16GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 129 Write 57.8 Mixed 77.1 101% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.68 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 1.23 146% 3.42 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 38%

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 above expectations (67^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 26.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,852x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,385x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,295x
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	843x
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	552x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	548x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	491x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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