Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics103% 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 Drive239% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Aurora R8  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0R3FWM
Memory25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190314
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 31 '19 at 22:46
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9400-$161
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
91.3% Outstanding
Memory 88.7
1-Core 125
2-Core 253
87% 156 Pts
4-Core 505
8-Core 747
78% 626 Pts
64-Core 750
46% 750 Pts
Poor: 78%
This bench: 91.3%
Great: 91%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing below potential (52nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 114
Parallax 134
104% 125 fps
MRender 170
Gravity 122
Splatting 97.9
102% 130 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
750GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 699 1087 1416 1156 1232 563 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
239% Outstanding
Read 1,455
Write 1,509
Mixed 1,031
SusWrite 1,025
282% 1,255 MB/s
4K Read 59
4K Write 172
4K Mixed 80.6
284% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 618
DQ Write 725
DQ Mixed 249
305% 531 MB/s
Poor: 127%
This bench: 239%
Great: 255%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
718GB free
Firmware: MS2OA810
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 65 110 114 116 119 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
28.7% Poor
Read 11.2
Write 98.3
Mixed 2.5
SusWrite 89.1
36% 50.3 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
54% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 28.7%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
94.1% Outstanding
MC Read 34.3
MC Write 36.3
MC Mixed 31.3
97% 34 GB/s
SC Read 18
SC Write 37.9
SC Mixed 27.1
79% 27.7 GB/s
Latency 68.8
58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 94.1%
Great: 100%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R8 Builds (Compare 1,741 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 102%
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Desktop
Desktop 96%
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Workstation
Workstation 94%
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System: Alienware Aurora R8

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $452
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HDDRAMUSB
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