Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.1% 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	374% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220119
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	May 05 '24 at 15:27
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$180 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 807 78% 643 Pts	64-Core 1,023 63% 1,023 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 100%

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: 536.67 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.1% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 133 Parallax 121 98% 125 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 127 Splatting 112 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.1% 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% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 28 27 28 26 22 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	374% Outstanding	Read 3,643 Write 29.9 Mixed 59.6 SusWrite 26.9 195% 940 MB/s	4K Read 561 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 4.2 857% 189 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 374% Great: 193%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 479GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 286 309 316 323 338 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 414 Write 83.3 Mixed 250 SusWrite 309 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 39.2 126% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 269 209% 284 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 128%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 346GB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 115 115 108 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 128 Write 131 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 111 71% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 108%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 501GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 114 115 111 111 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 63.9 Write 118 Mixed 57.9 SusWrite 112 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 184% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 6,858 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.1% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.5 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 24.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%

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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	22	1	144	27"	2560 1369	ACR0414 XG270HU

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Gaming 91%

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Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 83%

Aircraft carrier

System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,878x
Core i7-8700KIntel $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,398x
Core i5-8400Intel $120Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	777x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,308x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,046x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	667x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	847x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	166x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	555x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	551x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	497x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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