Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% 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 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	214% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191031
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 22:29
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 81.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 701 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 932 58% 932 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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: 441.66 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 44.5 135% 98.5 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 61.9 48% 58.8 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 277 253 277 270 271 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 2,377 Write 435 Mixed 407 SusWrite 285 188% 876 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 61 218% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,018 DQ Write 535 DQ Mixed 657 520% 736 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 306%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 123GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 263 263 260 260 262 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 353 Write 250 Mixed 272 SusWrite 261 64% 284 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 30.3 111% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 185 168% 258 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 801GB free Firmware: 01.01K04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 53 48 51 51 50 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 2.7 Write 55 Mixed 1.5 SusWrite 50.9 20% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 92%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 106 98 109 110 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 86 Write 1.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 102 48% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 68%

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 @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 28.5 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 26.7 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 98%

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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	2,852x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,385x
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	843x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $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 $40	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