Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171006
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 17:22
Run Duration	1077 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 240 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 737 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Dell(1028 1703) 2GB CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 17.5 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 17.9 14% 17.8 fps	MRender 15.4 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26.2 17% 20.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 100 2591 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (A6) Unknown 100 100 104 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 154 (A9) Unknown 100 100 32 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 147 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 100 214748364830 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 32899 (F1) Unknown 253 253 16933 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14237	62.2% Good	Read 514 Write 364 Mixed 415 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 3.77 59% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 17.4 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 3.67 23% 49 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4TB free Firmware: AR15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167327344 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2091 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 4725483732 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 958 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 3401666266072 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 54 46 773193774 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 691 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12850 (C2) HDA temperature 46 54 60129542190 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 167327344 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 50 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 55143085123033 (F1) Unknown 100 253 106270113258 (F2) Unknown 100 253 131454993669
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Asmt ASMT105 2TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 109%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 38.6 Write 37.9 Mixed 38.3 49% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.94 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 4.41 537% 7.62 MB/s	DQ Read 7.71 DQ Write 10.4 DQ Mixed 3.79 512% 7.31 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 111%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	9.96% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 3.3 Mixed 6.6 10% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.32 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 1.38 121% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.96% Great: 17%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,910 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 15GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 5.99 Mixed 6.87 11% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.93 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.003 19% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 35%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 123 Write 10.6 Mixed 18.3 42% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.98 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.04 32% 2.69 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 28%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 19.4 Write 2.72 Mixed 4.73 8% 8.95 MB/s	4K Read 5.44 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 1.14 126% 2.85 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 13%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 4GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 3GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	7.18% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 9.49 Mixed 11.7 16% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.65 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 29% 2.56 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.18% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
EDB53616 CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 009C3616 M378A1K43CB2-CTD 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	41.5% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 66%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,859x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,389x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	774x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,301x
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 $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	494x

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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