Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.1% 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	196% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	50.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '21 at 20:55
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^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-$180 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 249 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 778 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 1,000 62% 1,000 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 100%

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: 457.30 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 94.2 Reflection 107 Parallax 98.7 77% 99.8 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 95.1 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 670 452 391 342 312 311 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 2,070 Write 661 Mixed 660 SusWrite 413 208% 951 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 57.3 180% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 832 DQ Write 576 DQ Mixed 702 525% 703 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 363%
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 11GB free Firmware: CS131122 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 472 Write 452 Mixed 360 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 21.3 108% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 206 190% 292 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 106GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 204 201 197 195 193 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 454 Mixed 408 SusWrite 210 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 50.6 158% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 337 241% 313 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 132%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 41GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 13 7.5 5.8 2.4 7.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	2.63% Terrible	Read 1.5 Write 11.5 Mixed 2 SusWrite 7.7 4% 5.68 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 2.63% Great: 107%
G-drive USB-C 18TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.3 31 3.5 39 71 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 18.5 Write 101 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 30.3 32% 43.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 4x16GB 2,802 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 29 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 23.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 112%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,876x
Core i7-8700KIntel $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,398x
Core i5-8400Intel $120Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	777x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,308x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,046x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	667x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	847x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	166x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	555x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	551x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	497x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16