Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 30 '19 at 17:22
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 137 2-Core 242 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 907 89% 727 Pts	64-Core 1,058 66% 1,058 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 133 Parallax 114 99% 123 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 123 Splatting 97.7 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,464 Write 1821 Mixed 1,158 400% 1,814 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 87.4 288% 99.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,368 DQ Write 1,043 DQ Mixed 1,161 880% 1,190 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 250GB 1,970 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 233GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 307 306 307 307 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 406 Write 408 Mixed 374 SusWrite 322 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 42.3 141% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 226 170% 229 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 98%
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 191GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 389 401 397 397 399 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 461 Mixed 363 SusWrite 401 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 38.5 129% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 284 232% 329 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 193 193 195 195 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 151 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 193 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 22.7 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 26.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 85%

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Gaming 91%

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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	769x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,294x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,037x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	841x
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 $279	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