Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.4% 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 Drive	330% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	26.5 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 14 '23 at 05:36
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 769 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 934 58% 934 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.3% 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 (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.4% Very good	Lighting 93.4 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.8 76% 97.4 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 94.4 77% 93.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$106 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 740GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1982 2004 2026 2081 2070 1919 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	330% Outstanding	Read 2,427 Write 2,231 Mixed 2,200 SusWrite 2,014 499% 2,218 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 78.4 250% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 786 DQ Write 651 DQ Mixed 741 549% 726 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 330% Great: 488%
Edge SE847 SSD 250GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 218GB free Firmware: N1007C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 470 Write 279 Mixed 273 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 29.7 106% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 59.4 DQ Mixed 86.5 74% 113 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 378GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 173 172 173 163 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 162 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 171 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 113%
Lacie d2 Professional 8TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 235C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 215 Write 203 Mixed 251 169% 223 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.3 1,886% 15.4 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 119%
Seagate Desktop 8TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 36 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 52.9 Write 31.4 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 40 28% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 232% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 93%
Sandisk Extreme 55AE 1TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 931GB free Firmware: 3000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 385 Write 380 Mixed 368 284% 378 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 29.3 4,947% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 36.7 627% 102 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 45%

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	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 26.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,865x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,392x
Core i5-8400Intel $129Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	775x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,303x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,041x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	664x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	846x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	164x
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	495x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16