Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.2% 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	135% 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.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 23:36
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	97%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	60.2% Good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 57 2-Core 114 52% 83.1 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 372 37% 299 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 60.2% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 128 Parallax 117 80% 114 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 124 Splatting 102 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 83.2% 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% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 2,087 Write 275 Mixed 486 203% 949 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 26.7 92% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 65.7 66% 107 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 193%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 106GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10112 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1594 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 43 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 128 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23980168553	54.8% Above average	Read 491 Write 166 Mixed 352 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 16.7 68% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 78.8 DQ Mixed 42.2 48% 82.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 126%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 180 180 21488992462 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 72 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 56 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 413 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 413 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 167504904225 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 100 100 37 (F1) Unknown 100 100 122411187 (F2) Unknown 100 100 100011110	110% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 199 Mixed 178 141% 187 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.24 110% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

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 (89^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 15 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 53%

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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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $46

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