Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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	268% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0R3FWM
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '19 at 18:30
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$405 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 82.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 271 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 1,180 100% 860 Pts	64-Core 1,649 102% 1,649 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 186 Parallax 182 140% 180 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 171 Splatting 124 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB 7,642 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1169 996 752 784 773 782 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,119 Write 2,281 Mixed 1,572 SusWrite 876 384% 1,712 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 77.7 264% 95.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,197 DQ Write 946 DQ Mixed 924 731% 1,022 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 267%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 766GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 472 474 477 476 475 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 152 Mixed 217 SusWrite 473 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 54.2 188% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 204 167% 245 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 708GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 180 180 181 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 172 Mixed 117 SusWrite 181 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.7 338% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 117%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 117 117 119 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 117 145% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 102% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 60%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 124GB 623 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 11GB free, PID 00ed Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 34 34 35 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 155 Write 53.5 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 35.8 65% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 111% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 37%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 8GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 7.3 6.1 2.8 8.9 9.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	8.88% Terrible	Read 39 Write 27.3 Mixed 5 SusWrite 6.9 22% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 34% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 8.88% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown XRMWRN-MIE 2x16GB 1,806 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.7 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 97%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 94%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	359x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	335x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	230x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	170x
RTX 2080Nvidia $391Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	158x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	87x
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 184%, 4,018 samples	58x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	159x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	151x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	138x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $463

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16