Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 10:35
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 89.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 273 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 968 90% 751 Pts	64-Core 1,165 72% 1,165 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 100%

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: 431.60 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 137 Parallax 117 104% 127 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 125 Splatting 103 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2349 Write 1,410 Mixed 741 328% 1,500 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 50.3 180% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 934 DQ Write 713 DQ Mixed 840 624% 829 MB/s
Poor: 149% Great: 306%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 254GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 101 147 148 151 150 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 145 Write 59 Mixed 74 SusWrite 116 73% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 96%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 757GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 11 82 86 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 49 Write 34.2 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 59.5 38% 50 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.5 145% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 63%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 579GB free Firmware: SDM1 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 59 Mixed 53.7 43% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 114%

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

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,865x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,392x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	775x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,303x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,041x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	664x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	846x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	164x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $81Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	554x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	551x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16