Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	269% 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	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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	2.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 16:06
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$260 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 87.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 279 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 1,032 96% 799 Pts	64-Core 1057 65% 1057 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Dell(1028 12FE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 93.2 Parallax 93.2 81% 95.3 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 97 Splatting 78.6 81% 103 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssdpemkf010t8 NVMe INTEL 1024GB 2,189 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 826GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7002 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 811 928 913 931 928 898 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2219 Write 1,253 Mixed 1,238 SusWrite 902 312% 1,403 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 74.5 248% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,221 DQ Write 939 DQ Mixed 1,079 807% 1,080 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 285%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 253 249 249 255 250 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 228 Write 224 Mixed 101 SusWrite 248 146% 200 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 1.7 382% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.9 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 88%

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

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 94%

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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 $133	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