Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	39.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 03:14
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 83 1-Core 134 2-Core 259 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 813 79% 650 Pts	64-Core 1,058 66% 1,058 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Dell(1028 3471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 134 Parallax 112 102% 124 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 123 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80004E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 185 181 182 171 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 933 Write 106 Mixed 235 SusWrite 164 78% 359 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 35.5 143% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 96.7 106% 183 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 167%
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 223GB free Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 319 339 329 309 311 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 437 Mixed 422 SusWrite 333 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 38.3 133% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 186 159% 229 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 591GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 179 178 181 180 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 166 Mixed 81 SusWrite 180 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Synology iSCSI Storage 805GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 279GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 2.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 95.5 Write 10 Mixed 18 SusWrite 1.5 23% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 6.7 1,147% 6.43 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 40%
Synology iSCSI Storage 161GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 55GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	28% Poor	Read 92.8 Write 7 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 1.3 20% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 6.5 1,106% 6.07 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%
Synology iSCSI Storage 107GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 100GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.8 1 0.9 1.4 1.9 1.7 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 95.7 Write 10.2 Mixed 13.8 SusWrite 1.4 22% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 6.5 1,144% 6.47 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 56%
Synology iSCSI Storage 54GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 42GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.2 1.7 1.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 2% Great: 48%
Synology iSCSI Storage 70GB 43GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.3% Poor	Read 70.2 Write 9 Mixed 10 SusWrite 1.3 16% 22.6 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 4.7 803% 4.53 MB/s

Synology iSCSI Storage 161GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 100GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.8 1.8 1.4 1.6 1 0.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 97.5 Write 9 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 1.2 22% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 4.9 953% 5.9 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 28%
Synology iSCSI Storage 54GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 23GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	4.52% Terrible	Read 11 Write 6 Mixed 6.3 SusWrite 1.4 5% 6.17 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 4.7 832% 4.97 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.52% Great: 48%
Synology iSCSI Storage 1.5TB 217GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 1.6 2.1 1.6 1.3 1.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.3% Poor	Read 96.7 Write 10.7 Mixed 15 SusWrite 1.6 23% 31 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 6.6 1,144% 6.47 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KHX2666C16/16G 0000AD01 HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 3730980710EA KHX2666C16/16G 0000AD01 HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 64GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.3% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 24.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 26.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns

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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	2,860x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,390x
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	1,039x
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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	552x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	549x
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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16