Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% 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 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.1% 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	142% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 16:49
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	45%

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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	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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 86 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 1,122 100% 844 Pts	64-Core 967 60% 967 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 99%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 83.3 81% 91 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 78.2 73% 90.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 81%
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1386 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 90.1 62% 79 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 58.4 54% 67.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 12,447 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 14B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 566 197 122 181 214 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1,205 Write 851 Mixed 833 SusWrite 238 174% 782 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 36.5 180% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 458 DQ Write 712 DQ Mixed 409 359% 526 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 228%
Transcend TS128GSSD230S 128GB 2,263 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 45GB free Firmware: S0423A SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 113 109 108 109 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 456 Write 358 Mixed 364 SusWrite 110 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 49.4 163% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 123 112% 176 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 196 197 196 198 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 122 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 197 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 04CD000080AD F4-2666C19-16GIS 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 25 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 84%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	356x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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