Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0R3FWM
Memory	14.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 22:03
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400-$161 22,187 User benchmarks, average bench 86% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 719 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon RX 560X 192 User benchmarks, average bench 25% Dell(1028 1721) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1275 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	26.4% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 40.2 26% 34.9 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 32.5 Splatting 35.2 27% 33.1 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 27%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 08F7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6617 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.53% Terrible	Lighting 7.03 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 7.12 6% 8.16 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 13.7 8% 9.33 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.53% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 466GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1542 1205 808 808 809 812 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,545 Write 2,056 Mixed 1,662 SusWrite 997 405% 1,815 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 86.2 282% 99 MB/s	DQ Read 66.8 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 93.2 77% 107 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 547GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 60 55 33 56 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 9.8 Write 44.5 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 50 24% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 97% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 029E000080AD CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 029E000080AD CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.9% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 71%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	357x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	331x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 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: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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