Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	195% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '19 at 16:27
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 87.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 255 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 875 87% 710 Pts	64-Core 1,092 68% 1,092 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 181 Parallax 181 138% 177 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 169 Splatting 118 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 426GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1113 850 849 850 849 848 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,915 Write 1,840 Mixed 1,495 SusWrite 893 344% 1,536 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 58.1 193% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 45.2 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 63.9 54% 77 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 284%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 823GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 474 477 477 477 477 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 476 Mixed 308 SusWrite 477 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 39.8 126% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 77.1 DQ Mixed 41.4 35% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 121%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 199 199 199 199 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 200 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 198 110% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 3,378 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3TB free Firmware: 0342 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 160 162 163 162 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 143 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 160 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 99%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 173 181 187 187 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 148 Mixed 97.8 SusWrite 174 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.8 295% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.2% Very good	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 25.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 88%

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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	1,383x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	768x

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 $76Bench 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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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