Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.2% 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	37.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 23:44
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 84.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 213 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 597 66% 521 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Dell(1028 3471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.2% Poor	Lighting 33 Reflection 93.9 Parallax 80.2 27% 69 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 36.1 Splatting 28.7 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM01.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 67 56 55 72 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 383 Write 62 Mixed 110 SusWrite 59.7 33% 154 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 8.5 53% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 84.7 DQ Write 46.7 DQ Mixed 7.1 21% 46.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 40GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 161 161 161 161 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 189 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 156 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 107%
SMI USB DISK 32GB 2,654 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 9GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.6 7.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	4.31% Terrible	Read 14.2 Write 10.2 Mixed 11.2 SusWrite 7.6 14% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 9% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.31% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KY7N41-MIE 2x8GB 1,784 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.9 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 87%

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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	2,854x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,388x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,297x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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