Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0R3FWM
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181015
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '19 at 02:00
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$252 550,833 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)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 287 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 1,172 102% 868 Pts	64-Core 1,181 73% 1,181 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Dell(1028 3735) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 130 Reflection 123 Parallax 136 106% 130 fps	Gravity 125 Splatting 99.5 98% 112 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 128GB 20,313 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 119GB free Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 165 135 133 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 499 Write 277 Mixed 327 SusWrite 139 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 39.3 139% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 146 126% 185 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 91 149 159 182 179 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 180 Mixed 72 SusWrite 146 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 4,758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 24.2 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 26.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

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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	341x
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	57x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	159x
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 $300	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