Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	161% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '18 at 02:52
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 909 89% 728 Pts	64-Core 1,131 70% 1,131 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 105 Parallax 87 78% 96 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 95.9 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 480GB-$148 2,730 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 291GB free Firmware: SAFM01.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 549 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 880 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 289	89.8% Excellent	Read 526 Write 496 Mixed 510 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 13.9 88% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 67.4 113% 218 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 113%
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,890 Write 613 Mixed 732 234% 1,078 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 35.4 120% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 104 117% 203 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 215%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$235 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 112 (03) Spinup time 176 176 17205625184 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1003 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1003 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 188979544097 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 168 Mixed 159 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.38 4K Write 3.97 4K Mixed 0.57 194% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
WD easystore 25FB 1TB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 906GB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 176 Write 169 Mixed 106 186% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 4,758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 22.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 26.9 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,863x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,391x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	774x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,302x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,041x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	845x
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	553x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	550x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	495x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16