Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 156% UFO	Desktop 154% UFO	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	209% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	360% 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	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

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '19 at 10:07
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-9700K-$375 117,924 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	1-Core 134 2-Core 267 94% 200 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 1,053 98% 794 Pts	64-Core 1,049 70% 1,049 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 109%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan RTX-$2,452 605 User benchmarks, average bench 192% Nvidia(10DE 12A3) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Lighting 705 Reflection 623 Parallax 752 185% 693 fps	MRender 611 Gravity 751 Splatting 373 212% 578 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 209%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$365 2,279 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1509 1676 2225 2393 1634 1583 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	360% Outstanding	Read 2,626 Write 2,338 Mixed 1,848 SusWrite 1,837 485% 2,162 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 85.6 284% 99 MB/s	DQ Read 1,405 DQ Write 1,051 DQ Mixed 1,218 914% 1,225 MB/s
Poor: 247% ↑ This bench: 360% Great: 391%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$270 15,455 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 257GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 479 429 401 400 386 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 464 Mixed 372 SusWrite 429 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 50.8 169% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 256 221% 325 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 2x16GB 3,241 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 105%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 118%

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Workstation 100%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $375Bench 99%, 117,924 samples	826x
Core i9-9900KIntel $465Bench 100%, 122,647 samples	573x
Core i5-9600KIntel $205Bench 94%, 81,359 samples	495x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $400Bench 107%, 169,446 samples	911x
RTX 2080Nvidia $700Bench 120%, 124,229 samples	639x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $1,100Bench 170%, 96,315 samples	457x

SSD
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 205%, 1,830 samples	453x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 125%, 3,158 samples	335x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 235%, 1,022 samples	228x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 83%, 1,975 samples	556x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 87%, 559 samples	494x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 3,670 samples	358x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $205	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $375	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $249

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $653	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14