Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	26% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '20 at 05:09
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 86.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 872 84% 692 Pts	64-Core 1106 68% 1106 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.8% Very good	Lighting 83.5 Reflection 106 Parallax 90.8 68% 93.6 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 92.1 76% 93 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+932GBHDD 1TB 6,924 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 7.8 7.2 5.2 37 60 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26% Poor	Read 17 Write 10.5 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 21.7 4% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 20.5 63% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 39.9 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 231 136% 136 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 88%
Adata SU655 240GB 2,317 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 222GB free Firmware: V8X01c45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 378 375 375 364 359 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 384 Write 358 Mixed 321 SusWrite 372 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 34.3 128% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 201 152% 202 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 102%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 995GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 63 64 65 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 182 Write 137 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 63.7 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 98%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 908GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 37 37 37 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 35 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 37 47% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GB 17,710 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 97%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,862x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,390x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	774x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,302x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,040x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	845x
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	550x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	495x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16