Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	101% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180517
Uptime	22.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '21 at 18:03
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 70.7 1-Core 50.6 2-Core 101 46% 74.2 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 321 32% 259 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.25 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 136 Parallax 126 104% 130 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 128 Splatting 116 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 616 Write 255 Mixed 365 90% 412 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 17.1 64% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 288 218% 295 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 193%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 695GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 167 Write 99.9 Mixed 33.8 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 4,758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 22.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 99.8 40% 99.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 87%

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

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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 $186Bench 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 $485Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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