Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% 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	253% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0R3FWM
Memory	18.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181015
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '18 at 00:22
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 281 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 995 93% 774 Pts	64-Core 1,640 102% 1,640 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3729) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 160 Parallax 153 133% 159 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 144 Splatting 109 115% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1294 1297 1318 1318 1316 1317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 1,594 Write 1,318 Mixed 877 SusWrite 1,310 286% 1,275 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 65.7 229% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,146 DQ Write 588 DQ Mixed 601 517% 778 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 248%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 167 180 180 181 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 174 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 179 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GB 711 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 27 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 28 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 93%

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

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 94%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	358x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	332x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	229x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	340x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	167x
RTX 2080Nvidia $396Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	158x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	87x
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 184%, 4,018 samples	56x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	158x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	149x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	138x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

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 $179	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