Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	151% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180531
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '18 at 15:10
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 150 2-Core 273 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 1,013 94% 787 Pts	64-Core 1,320 82% 1,320 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 100%

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: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2697 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 162 Parallax 145 121% 152 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 146 Splatting 120 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,814 Write 323 Mixed 522 191% 887 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 37 144% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 95.2 133% 246 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 193%
Terra Master DAS 4TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 237 Write 213 Mixed 186 158% 212 MB/s	4K Read 1.94 4K Write 3.82 4K Mixed 0.57 215% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16277040 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 442 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28863457 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 380 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 588578851 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18528 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 55834574883 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -35755602737758 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10755225137 (F2) Unknown 100 253 219841103433	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 171 Mixed 158 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Terra Master DAS 750GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 623GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 94 Write 97.2 Mixed 92.1 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.56 126% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 56%
TP04000G B 4TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1.5TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 137 Write 151 Mixed 111 170% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.34 108% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown XRMWRN-HYA 1x16GB 543 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 53%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,852x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,386x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,295x
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 $95Bench 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	491x

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Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16