Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% 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

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System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 06:10
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$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 way below expectations (17^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 74.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 804 78% 641 Pts	64-Core 1,008 62% 1,008 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 81.8% 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 (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 108 Parallax 88 82% 98.9 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 91.8 76% 92.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+931GBHDD 1TB 654 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 653GB 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 way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 376 (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 4336393238 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 69 521863199 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 21806 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 10 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 22183 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21806 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18884 (F3) Unknown 100 100 44192	73.1% Very good	Read 489 Write 413 Mixed 455 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 18.4 86% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 88.6 DQ Mixed 16.6 24% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.1% 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 (42^nd percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 22.4 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 26.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 91.1 44% 91.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.5% 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	2,890x
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	1,052x
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	504x

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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