Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


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 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	17.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180828
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 17:03
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	85%

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 i7-8700-$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 way below expectations (14^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 77.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 240 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 707 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 1,016 63% 1,016 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 178 Parallax 176 136% 174 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 163 Splatting 116 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,524 Write 332 Mixed 344 157% 733 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 32 108% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 432 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 294 244% 354 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 850GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 162 166 167 167 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 147 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 166 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 2x16GB 1,030 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 25.4 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 92%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	2,851x
Core i7-8700KIntel $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,383x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	768x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,294x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,037x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	841x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	551x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	548x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	491x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16