Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	38.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220119
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '24 at 20:56
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 815 82% 664 Pts	64-Core 1,010 62% 1,010 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.12 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 138 Parallax 129 104% 131 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 131 Splatting 116 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 232 196 163 140 123 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.9% Below average	Read 163 Write 257 Mixed 181 SusWrite 190 45% 198 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 3.7 53% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 234 149% 167 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 245GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 119 120 121 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 179 Write 183 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 120 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GB 711 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 26.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 25.9 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 93%

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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	68	55	60	27.6"	1280 720	LEN61E9 P27h-20

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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	2,859x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,389x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	774x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,301x
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 $96Bench 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	494x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16