Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (5th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 95 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	72.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 06:09
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing way below expectations (5^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 57.6 1-Core 87.8 2-Core 183 60% 109 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 644 60% 499 Pts	64-Core 833 52% 833 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.4% Very good	Lighting 87.4 Reflection 438 Parallax 91.2 71% 205 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 91.8 Splatting 91.5 75% 91.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV8-8E128-11 SATA 128GB 5,529 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: C27110B Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 406 Write 306 Mixed 375 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 41.9 144% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 114 109% 175 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 237GB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 135 131 129 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 9 Write 47.2 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 130 37% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 6,858 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 6.8 24% 8.4 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 88%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,854x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,388x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	771x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,297x
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 $90Bench 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	491x

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Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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