Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	4.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191031
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 21 '20 at 04:53
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 218 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 689 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 861 53% 861 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 77.3% 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: 442.50 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 89.3 Reflection 174 Parallax 174 73% 146 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 161 Splatting 101 99% 123 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,528 Write 398 Mixed 384 166% 770 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 43.9 166% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 427 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 289 242% 351 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 193%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 19GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 493 Write 456 Mixed 395 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 46.5 146% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 187 191 190 191 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 136 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 188 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 40 40 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 35.5 Write 37.3 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 40.4 27% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.4 154% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.8 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 85%

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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