Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	260% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '23 at 19:06
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 635 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 94%

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: 457.51 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73% Very good	Lighting 88.9 Reflection 99.4 Parallax 93.9 72% 94.1 fps	MRender 89.5 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 90.4 74% 90.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 54,201 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 850GB free (System drive) Firmware: 731100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1084 1402 1193 1203 904 784 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,298 Write 2,235 Mixed 2,028 SusWrite 1,095 430% 1,914 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 66.1 208% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 946 DQ Write 687 DQ Mixed 847 624% 827 MB/s
Poor: 249% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 623%
Edge SE847 SSD 250GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 203GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 248 238 222 215 238 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 423 Write 230 Mixed 245 SusWrite 233 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 21.4 72% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 59.5 DQ Mixed 85.2 74% 114 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 378GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 168 168 170 162 164 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 153 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 166 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 113%
Lacie d2 Professional 8TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4.5TB free Firmware: 235C SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 203 199 184 178 194 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 27% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop 8TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 38 39 39 37 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 38.4 Write 40.3 Mixed 28 SusWrite 37.1 26% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.5 211% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFRA266.C8FE 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 00009B06 CT8G4DFRA266.C8FE 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 26.6 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,854x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,388x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,297x
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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Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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