Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	20.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210906
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '23 at 02:05
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$129 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 522 64% 490 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Dell(1028 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.4% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 67 57% 69.9 fps	MRender 66.7 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 65.6 55% 67.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 969GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 410 420 452 452 453 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 384 Write 350 Mixed 338 SusWrite 427 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 38.1 123% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 287 233% 332 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 720GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 193 191 192 192 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 144 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 191 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 15 17 16 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 23.8 Write 32.3 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 16.6 19% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 92%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 19 17 17 17 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 27.8 Write 35 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 17.1 20% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 248GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 5.4 5.1 7.1 6.6 6.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 53.2 Write 28.5 Mixed 16.2 SusWrite 6 29% 26 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 54% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 00009B0F10E4 BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 00002C0F 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 28.5 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 24.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,869x
Core i7-8700KIntel $184Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,397x
Core i5-8400Intel $129Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	776x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,307x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,044x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	665x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	847x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	165x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	554x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	551x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	497x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16