Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.6% 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	86.6% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180517
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 01:35
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 (7^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 72.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 244 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 721 70% 578 Pts	64-Core 1,000 62% 1,000 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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: 436.2 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 139 Parallax 128 104% 131 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 138 Splatting 96.6 88% 108 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 133%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0858) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6472 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.78% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 8.03 7% 9.15 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.78% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 252 207 185 166 158 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 168 Write 296 Mixed 374 SusWrite 206 60% 261 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 44.8 152% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 518 DQ Write 381 DQ Mixed 288 259% 396 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 841GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 193 189 193 196 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 82.5 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 193 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown XRMWRN-HYA 2x16GB 368 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 17 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 96.4 42% 96.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 98%

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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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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,853x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,386x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,295x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,039x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	844x
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	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 $273	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 $177	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) $37	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