Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '19 at 00:17
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 146 2-Core 256 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 601 8-Core 1,156 104% 879 Pts	64-Core 1,729 107% 1,729 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$391 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3729) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 123 Parallax 125 86% 118 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 82.3 84% 106 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 6,475 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,633 Write 1,891 Mixed 1,537 378% 1,687 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 51.8 228% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 996 DQ Write 850 DQ Mixed 803 634% 883 MB/s
Poor: 102% Great: 223%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 385GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 171 171 173 173 173 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 164 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 169 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 113%

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 @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 29.3 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 29.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 97%

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Gaming 102%

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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