Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics79.3% 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 Drive38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
SystemAlienware Aurora R7  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0VDT73
Memory4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20220119
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateMar 19 '23 at 22:32
Run Duration159 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing below expectations (30th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700-$200
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
64.4% Good
Memory 66.4
1-Core 97.8
2-Core 186
65% 117 Pts
4-Core 335
8-Core 542
54% 438 Pts
64-Core 636
39% 636 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 64.4%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.2686
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.3% Very good
Lighting 101
Reflection 106
Parallax 98.4
83% 102 fps
MRender 82
Gravity 93
Splatting 91.4
73% 88.8 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 79.3%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 211 200 173 159 137 MB/s
Performing below potential (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
38.8% Below average
Read 94.6
Write 244
Mixed 84.8
SusWrite 193
35% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 51.6
4K Mixed 4
34% 18.8 MB/s
DQ Read 274
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 281
219% 299 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 38.8%
Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
780GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 179 178 178 168 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
99.3% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 180
Mixed 80.5
SusWrite 174
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 99.3%
Great: 113%
Samsung Type-C 257GB
27GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 58 64 60 58 MB/s
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Read 256
Write 4.7
Mixed 95.4
SusWrite 59.7
106% 104 MB/s
4K Read 5.4
4K Write 10.8
4K Mixed 7.7
649% 7.97 MB/s
DQ Read 14.8
DQ Write 16.2
DQ Mixed 11.1
984% 14 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
56.8% Above average
MC Read 23.6
MC Write 20.9
MC Mixed 20.7
62% 21.7 GB/s
SC Read 7.2
SC Write 14.6
SC Mixed 10.8
31% 10.9 GB/s
Latency 110
36% 110 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 56.8%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Aurora R7 Builds (Compare 5,210 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier

System: Alienware Aurora R7

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $428
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Intel Core i5-12600K $168Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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