Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

12 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '20 at 15:16
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	70%

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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 i7-8700K-$320 534,249 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 92% 161 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 780 78% 621 Pts	64-Core 958 64% 958 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$330 1,029,341 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.6% Good	Lighting 89 Reflection 98.3 Parallax 90.7 72% 92.6 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 76.3 Splatting 84.3 62% 81.1 fps
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$36 32,273 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4104 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 1,638 Write 331 Mixed 385 168% 785 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 45.9 168% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 439 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 288 241% 352 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 187%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 2,319,706 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 468GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 145 145 145 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 168 Mixed 91 SusWrite 145 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 4,297 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 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	73.6% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 22.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 25.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 87%

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

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 88%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $290Bench 89%, 240,111 samples	2,589x
Core i7-8700KIntel $320Bench 93%, 534,249 samples	1,352x
Core i5-8400Intel $172Bench 85%, 231,974 samples	989x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 781,161 samples	1,228x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,029,341 samples	1,097x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 136%, 604,866 samples	729x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $36Bench 127%, 32,273 samples	924x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 116%, 5,874 samples	175x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $100Bench 114%, 367,037 samples	161x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 5,718 samples	675x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 4,297 samples	554x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 6,028 samples	471x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $776

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $208	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $47	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16