Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29% 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	28.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180531
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 00:28
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 85.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 179 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 759 69% 580 Pts	64-Core 1071 66% 1071 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 37.9 Parallax 30.5 27% 33.7 fps	MRender 47.1 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 42.5 34% 40.8 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 13 10 4.1 3.4 1.7 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.7% Poor	Read 25.2 Write 1 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 5.6 2% 9.02 MB/s	4K Read 68.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 104% 22.9 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 193%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 980GB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 140 134 119 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 20.7 Write 154 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 120 58% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 20.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 83%

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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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $633

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