Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	15.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 07:54
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	57.7% Above average	Memory 79.2 1-Core 50.9 2-Core 102 50% 77.3 Pts	4-Core 197 8-Core 317 32% 257 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 57.7% 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: 387.95 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.8% Very good	Lighting 88.5 Reflection 108 Parallax 92.1 72% 96.1 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 96.5 77% 93.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Optane+931GBHDD 1TB 654 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 546GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.8 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	15.7% Very poor	Read 151 Write 150 Mixed 162 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.21 2% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 92%
WD WD20SPZX-11CRAT0 2TB 18,166 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 226 222 1675 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 45 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2567 (C2) HDA temperature 119 109 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	59.4% Above average	Read 107 Write 99.5 Mixed 90.6 74% 99 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.41 163% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 76%

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 way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64.8% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 22.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 64.8% 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 $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,855x
Core i7-8700KIntel $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,388x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	773x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,299x
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	844x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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	493x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $498

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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