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Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	153% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171006
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 22:39
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 817 79% 651 Pts	64-Core 1,007 62% 1,007 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.95 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 142 Parallax 115 107% 130 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$50 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 2,173 Write 380 Mixed 536 221% 1,030 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 21.4 121% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 80 83% 128 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 193%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$34 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 191 191 12891914373 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 277 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 372 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 372 (C2) HDA temperature 152 152 171800068132 (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 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3211054 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19032736	104% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 186 Mixed 184 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.2 91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
Patriot Memory 8GB 377 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 3800 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Read 27.8 Write 11 Mixed 11.9 18% 16.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.32 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.01 21% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 4,758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 23 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 26.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

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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 $87Bench 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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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $397

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