Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% 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	74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	2.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220119
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '23 at 23:29
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 168 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 608 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 187 Parallax 180 140% 180 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 171 Splatting 119 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg50pnv2t04 NVMe TOSHIBA 2048GB 1,462 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 981GB free (System drive) Firmware: AFDA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 127 145 137 133 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 829 Write 119 Mixed 134 SusWrite 127 65% 302 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 19 76% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 187 152% 222 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 259%
Sandisk PRO-G40 4TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3.5TB free Firmware: 7003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 318 316 278 283 266 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 326 Write 318 Mixed 320 SusWrite 294 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 25.1 4K Mixed 20.9 64% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 91 80% 119 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 178 174 163 153 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 153 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 168 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown XRMWRN-HYA 2x16GB 368 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 27.8 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 8.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	39	19	30	26.9"	1280 720	NEC6947 PA272W

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Gaming 91%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,882x
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,401x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	780x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,312x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,049x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	668x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	849x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	166x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	555x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	553x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	500x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $414

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16