Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	19.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '21 at 07:24
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing way below expectations (12^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 77.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 254 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 732 72% 591 Pts	64-Core 1,064 66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Dell(1028 3718) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 165 Parallax 173 124% 163 fps	MRender 208 Gravity 170 Splatting 135 136% 171 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,022 Write 1,225 Mixed 1051 316% 1,433 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 49.7 166% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 966 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 182 221% 413 MB/s
Poor: 110% Great: 255%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 260GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 408 408 404 391 420 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 469 Write 391 Mixed 383 SusWrite 400 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 33.5 113% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 82.6 DQ Mixed 141 116% 172 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 64GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 117 125 115 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 149 Write 143 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 113 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 500GB 1,388 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 21GB free Firmware: DEM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 70 60 59 62 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 68 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 65.8 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown XRMWRN-MIE 2x16GB 1,806 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 97%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,855x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,388x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	772x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,298x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,039x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	663x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	844x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	552x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	548x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	493x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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