Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 144% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 130% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	190% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	134% 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	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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220119
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 01 '24 at 16:33
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	99%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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-$175 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 205 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 676 64% 527 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$899 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Dell(1028 3891) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	190% Outstanding	Lighting 274 Reflection 251 Parallax 286 223% 270 fps	MRender 318 Gravity 231 Splatting 172 189% 241 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 4,056 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 553GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA74D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 934 937 921 1224 1235 1293 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 896 Write 972 Mixed 446 SusWrite 1,090 192% 851 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 12.5 4K Mixed 11 38% 11.5 MB/s	DQ Read 490 DQ Write 403 DQ Mixed 461 341% 451 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 331%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 213GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 85 85 88 87 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 130 Write 110 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 82.5 71% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 4,758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.3% Good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 21.8 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 87%

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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	32	7	60	27"	2560 1369	DEL41D9 DELL S2721DGF

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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 $175Bench 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 $120	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