Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.5% 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	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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210906
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '21 at 19:51
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 228 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 637 69% 547 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 132 Parallax 126 99% 126 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 114 98% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,349 Write 2,098 Mixed 1,662 453% 2,037 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 73.2 239% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,228 DQ Write 930 DQ Mixed 1,043 790% 1,067 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 240GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 478 Write 454 Mixed 432 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 48.7 158% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 351 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 529GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 482 Write 445 Mixed 433 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 48.7 158% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 350 264% 355 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 54GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 154 Write 118 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 104 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 24.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 21.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 106%

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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	2,851x
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,383x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	768x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,294x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,037x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	841x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	551x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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