Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	150% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '23 at 22:24
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 760 77% 626 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Dell(1028 3718) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	150% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 312 Parallax 221 163% 244 fps	MRender 264 Gravity 198 Splatting 156 163% 206 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 78 78 80 82 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 499 Write 468 Mixed 351 SusWrite 79.4 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 16.7 73% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 32.4 55% 112 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 128%
Intel MEMPEK1J016GAD 14GB 324 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 13GB free Firmware: K4110420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 162 164 167 168 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 841 Write 168 Mixed 279 SusWrite 166 79% 363 MB/s	4K Read 128 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 87.8 343% 94.8 MB/s	DQ Read 849 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 288 269% 437 MB/s
Poor: 146% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 236%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 109GB free Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 82 81 82 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 127 Write 140 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 81.4 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL16G26C16U4B.16FD 2x16GB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 28.6 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 26.1 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 95%

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

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,852x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,386x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,295x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,039x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	844x
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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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