Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.7% 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	192% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	5.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 04:29
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 656 64% 528 Pts	64-Core 936 58% 936 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 94%

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: 441.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 101 Parallax 87.5 81% 95.7 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 79.3 72% 89 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD71D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 280 280 268 272 269 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1850 Write 1,213 Mixed 1,009 SusWrite 309 242% 1,095 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 59.5 194% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 958 DQ Write 766 DQ Mixed 865 646% 863 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 255%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 151GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 104 99 102 101 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 124 Write 108 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 101 65% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 107%
Lacie Mobile Drive 2TB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 0003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 40 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 40.3 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 40.5 28% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 2,039 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 46GB free, PID a009 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 40 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 39 Write 38.8 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 40.9 47% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 6,858 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	66.4% Good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.1 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 88%

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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	1,386x
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 $90Bench 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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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