Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	123% 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	290% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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, 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	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171006
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 08:38
Run Duration	103 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 162 2-Core 320 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 626 8-Core 1,048 102% 837 Pts	64-Core 1,343 83% 1,343 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 189 Parallax 199 138% 186 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 177 Splatting 122 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,748 Write 1,488 Mixed 1,822 446% 2,019 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 65.7 224% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 577 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 198 211% 358 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 306%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 666GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 135618260 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 753 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3832255 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 570 (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 65 53 622854179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 766 (C2) HDA temperature 35 22 94489280547 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 135618260 (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 99462852641364 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1371961298 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1299896567	96.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 170 Mixed 134 117% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.31 100% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,707 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 32.8 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 30.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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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	770x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,294x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,038x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	842x
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 $261	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