Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.83% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '19 at 22:44
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900-$1,989 11,853 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 1,005 93% 775 Pts	64-Core 1,476 91% 1,476 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 08F7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6952 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.83% Terrible	Lighting 7.93 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.47 6% 9.51 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.5 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.83% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1796 792 614 617 610 618 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,327 Write 1,930 Mixed 1,568 SusWrite 841 372% 1,667 MB/s	4K Read 61.7 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 81.2 270% 92.9 MB/s	DQ Read 990 DQ Write 798 DQ Mixed 928 685% 905 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 296%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 196 193 194 195 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 188 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 195 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6E1 2x16GB 681 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 25.8 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 93%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $262Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	364x
Core i7-9700Intel $243Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	343x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	232x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	345x
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	173x
RTX 2080Nvidia $270Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	162x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	89x
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 184%, 4,018 samples	59x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	161x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	154x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	142x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $462

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16