Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180531
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '18 at 07:48
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	90%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 726 76% 608 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Dell(1028 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.25 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 74.8 Parallax 65.6 63% 72.4 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 68.7 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 460 456 464 464 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 375 Write 399 Mixed 264 SusWrite 460 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 38.4 140% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 157 157% 250 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 105%
Intel MEMPEK1W032GA 29GB 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 263% 27GB free Firmware: K3110310 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 276 274 279 279 277 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 1,240 Write 256 Mixed 430 SusWrite 276 120% 551 MB/s	4K Read 224 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 156 604% 168 MB/s	DQ Read 1,308 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 434 411% 672 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 328%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 197 195 197 199 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 167 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 198 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 125 126 119 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 100 Write 115 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 119 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 250% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 65%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 803GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 67 67 67 63 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 74.5 Write 46.5 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 64.2 42% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 149% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 00009B0F10E4 BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 28 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 26.3 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 92%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,862x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,390x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	774x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,302x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,040x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	845x
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	550x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	495x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16