Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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.
Boot Drive	263% 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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	11.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 14:19
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 777 75% 617 Pts	64-Core 965 60% 965 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 178 Parallax 173 132% 171 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 167 Splatting 115 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA75D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1147 1217 1247 1250 1229 1206 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,232 Write 1,320 Mixed 643 SusWrite 1,216 300% 1,353 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 57.8 190% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,039 DQ Write 798 DQ Mixed 855 657% 897 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 306%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 99GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 241 250 270 249 230 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 442 Write 277 Mixed 262 SusWrite 247 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 23.1 92% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 78 DQ Mixed 99.6 94% 153 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 86%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 109 102 117 144 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 112 Write 166 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 122 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 118%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 744GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 86 88 89 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 49.5 Write 81.5 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 86.2 51% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.5 148% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 63%
WDC WD10 EARX-00N0YB0 1TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 640GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 57 57 58 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 94 Write 94.2 Mixed 76 SusWrite 57.1 107% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 96% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 46%
Garmin Approach S60 Fla 1GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 1% 0GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.6 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.1% Terrible	Read 2 Write 0.8 Mixed 0.7 SusWrite 1 1% 1.12 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.1% Great: 2%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 2x16GB 1,030 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 22.4 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 92%

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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	769x

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 $95Bench 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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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