Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '21 at 12:11
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$192 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 208 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 586 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 1,049 65% 1,049 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 103 141 162 162 173 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 1,558 Write 174 Mixed 251 SusWrite 138 113% 530 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 35.7 122% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 256 191% 260 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 193%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 16 16 15 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 19.5 Write 16.7 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 16.5 13% 17.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 109%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 142 142 135 138 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 132 Write 144 Mixed 100 SusWrite 140 176% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 86%
Specific STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 15GB free, PID 0918 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 15 11 14 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 103 Write 2.8 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 12.7 48% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.4 126% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 00009E001103 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 32GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 24.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 81%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,867x
Core i7-8700KIntel $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,397x
Core i5-8400Intel $128Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	775x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,306x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,044x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	665x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	847x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	165x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	554x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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