Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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	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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 19:56
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$186 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 77.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 171 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 716 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 934 58% 934 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 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 (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 108 Parallax 88 82% 98.7 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 97.4 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+931GBHDD 1TB 654 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 657GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.9 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 92%
Intel SSDSC2BX480G4 480GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 400GB free Firmware: G2010160 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 366 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4296219670 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 71 505151517 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 21659 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 10 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 21551 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21659 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18820 (F3) Unknown 100 100 43634	85.9% Excellent	Read 509 Write 421 Mixed 461 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 28 112% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 117 93% 123 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 104%

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 as expected (46^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 22.9 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 22.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

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

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,891x
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,404x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	781x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,053x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	671x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	853x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	166x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	556x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	553x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	505x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $431

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16