Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 85%, 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.
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 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1900 x 1068 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190604
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 04:16
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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-$320 240,258 User benchmarks, average bench 90% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 234 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 669 70% 550 Pts	64-Core 881 59% 881 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 96%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 87,992 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0858) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6951 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	6.11% Terrible	Lighting 7.53 Reflection 9.35 Parallax 7.72 6% 8.2 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 6.73 Splatting 13.3 6% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.11% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 816,196 User benchmarks, average bench 106% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 0.12 Parallax 132 99% 84.6 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 106% 119 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 117%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+1.8TBHDD 143 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 58 81 37 179 172 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 60% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 4,226 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	65.5% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 19.6 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 21.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 87%

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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 92%

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Workstation 88%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $320Bench 90%, 240,258 samples	2,685x
Core i7-8700KIntel $320Bench 93%, 564,873 samples	1,398x
Core i5-8400Intel $172Bench 85%, 230,970 samples	1,007x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 816,196 samples	1,280x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,013,968 samples	1,128x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 137%, 639,553 samples	756x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $36Bench 127%, 31,265 samples	955x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 117%, 5,776 samples	185x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $115Bench 114%, 362,789 samples	165x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 5,771 samples	696x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 4,226 samples	575x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 6,097 samples	485x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $806

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16