Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.1% 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	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	47.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190604
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '19 at 15:22
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 668 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 1,088 67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 78% 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: 441.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 111 Parallax 92 85% 102 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 89 77% 94.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 165 119 124 122 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 329 Write 323 Mixed 220 SusWrite 152 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 27.2 94% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 217 194% 294 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 115%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 129 126 131 131 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 62 Write 110 Mixed 65 SusWrite 128 67% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 167% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 63%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 122 122 121 121 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 121 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 92%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 106 105 107 103 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 50.2 Write 84 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 101 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.6 156% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24.7 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 17.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 140%

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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	1,384x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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