Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	104% 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	169% 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, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0R3FWM
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181015
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 23:29
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$258 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 287 91% 167 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 1,126 101% 853 Pts	64-Core 1,176 73% 1,176 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 144 Parallax 134 109% 138 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 314 315 315 314 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,175 Write 489 Mixed 1,011 SusWrite 332 167% 752 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 67.4 234% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 603 DQ Write 703 DQ Mixed 304 326% 537 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 167%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 182 181 181 181 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 171 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 181 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 64GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 21GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 3.9 3.5 4.8 4.1 4.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	6.2% Terrible	Read 16.3 Write 8.2 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 4.5 14% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.1 74% 2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6E1 2x16GB 681 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 29 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 28.4 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 93%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $258Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	356x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	331x
Core i9-9900KIntel $427Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	228x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	339x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	167x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 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: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $458

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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