Alienware Aurora R7

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	321% 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	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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220119
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '22 at 02:09
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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-$186 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 774 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 935 58% 935 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.4% Very good	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 105 Parallax 97.8 75% 98.5 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 96.8 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB 3,360 User benchmarks, average bench 381% 707GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1812 1948 1938 1968 1931 1867 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	321% Outstanding	Read 2,347 Write 2,114 Mixed 2,053 SusWrite 1,911 474% 2106 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 76 240% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 876 DQ Write 687 DQ Mixed 757 573% 773 MB/s
Poor: 254% ↑ This bench: 321% Great: 469%
G-tech ArmorATD 2TB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2007 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 112 114 113 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 125 Write 106 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 112 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 140% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$28 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 383GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 152 152 151 151 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 109 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 151 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 113%
Memorex USB Flash Drive 125GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 77GB free, PID 7722 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 6.4 6.2 7.2 6.8 5.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	4.41% Terrible	Read 13.9 Write 6.7 Mixed 15.4 SusWrite 7.1 14% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.41% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB 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	77.2% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 25 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%

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Workstation 83%

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System: Alienware Aurora R7

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	2,913x
Core i7-8700KIntel $177Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	1,413x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	786x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,324x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,063x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	675x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	861x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	167x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	156x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	559x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	559x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	510x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $431

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