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Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.2% 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	106% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200225
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '20 at 16:00
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$152 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 269 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 800 76% 631 Pts	64-Core 1,021 63% 1,021 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.23 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 94.3 Reflection 107 Parallax 91.2 77% 97.6 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 96.9 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 189 172 142 250 233 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 979 Write 90.8 Mixed 249 SusWrite 193 82% 378 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 27.3 138% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 478 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 226 194% 295 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 167%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$35 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 415GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 144 147 147 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 144 Write 126 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 146 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 113%
Ext Hard Disk 1TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 630GB free, PID ce33 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 40.8 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 42.6 53% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 6,858 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 24.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 88%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $152Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	3,032x
Core i7-8700KIntel $170Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,453x
Core i5-8400Intel $77Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	812x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,364x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,113x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	694x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	887x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	168x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	160x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	583x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	579x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	529x

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Total price: $397

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