Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


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 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	145% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210906
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '23 at 12:23
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i7-8700K-$199 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 80.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 236 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 740 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 945 58% 945 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0858) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8854 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	5.2% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 9.9 Parallax 8.9 6% 8.73 fps	MRender 7.2 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 0.2 4% 5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.2% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 306 310 279 269 277 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,641 Write 439 Mixed 384 SusWrite 287 149% 688 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 41 145% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 422 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 297 245% 352 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 193%
WD Blue SA510 2.5 1000GB 3,795 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 794GB free Firmware: 52048100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 400 464 295 298 308 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 449 Write 443 Mixed 411 SusWrite 369 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 33.2 111% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 295 232% 321 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown XRMWRN-HYA 1x16GB 543 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.9 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 53%

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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	70	57	144	27"	1280 720	DELA0D1 Dell S2716DG

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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 $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,858x
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,389x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	774x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,300x
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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	552x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	549x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	493x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $478

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16