Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	112% 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	2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	10.9 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	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '19 at 13:46
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-9700-$336 5,509 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	1-Core 133 2-Core 265 94% 199 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 1,004 97% 775 Pts	64-Core 1,063 71% 1,063 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$450 150,512 User benchmarks, average bench 108% Dell(1028 12FE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3550 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 398 Reflection 324 Parallax 403 105% 375 fps	MRender 365 Gravity 390 Splatting 240 113% 332 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Ssdpemkf010t8 NVMe INTEL 1024GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 829GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7002 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 6.6 3.5 5.6 29 27 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	2% Terrible	Read 3 Write 4 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 12.3 1% 5.7 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 2.1 3% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 2% Great: 294%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 1,342 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 5.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 231 243 248 254 249 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 224 Write 231 Mixed 102 SusWrite 245 146% 200 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.8 346% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 24 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 25.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 88%

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

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $360Bench 99%, 107,948 samples	713x
Core i9-9900KIntel $486Bench 100%, 111,321 samples	524x
Core i7-8700Intel $340Bench 88%, 133,831 samples	419x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $450Bench 108%, 150,512 samples	751x
RTX 2080Nvidia $650Bench 123%, 119,196 samples	579x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $1,090Bench 171%, 90,287 samples	415x

SSD
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 200%, 1,653 samples	397x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 127%, 3,204 samples	306x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 242%, 930 samples	207x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 1,443 samples	498x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 87%, 420 samples	383x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 3,175 samples	309x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $810

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24