Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	196% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '20 at 13:30
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 151 2-Core 284 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 819 79% 649 Pts	64-Core 1,088 67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB-$185 3,141 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 503 445 493 509 505 510 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 2,287 Write 527 Mixed 608 SusWrite 494 213% 979 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 50.2 163% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 575 DQ Write 487 DQ Mixed 438 354% 500 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 354%
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB-$185 3,141 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 69GB free Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,244 Write 1,295 Mixed 1,198 279% 1,246 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 82.9 273% 93.6 MB/s	DQ Read 867 DQ Write 517 DQ Mixed 694 516% 693 MB/s
Poor: 129% Great: 354%
Samsung 850 EVO 2TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 251GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	21.9% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 32.2 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 36.9 8% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 16.5 54% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 26.8 DQ Mixed 28.2 21% 28.3 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 88%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 24TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 101GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 140 Write 15 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 15.2 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 2.6 712% 4.73 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 135%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 4x8GB 426 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 26.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 27.6 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 89%

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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	2,864x
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,392x
Core i5-8400Intel $128Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	774x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,302x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,041x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	664x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	845x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	164x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	553x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	551x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	495x

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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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16