Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive169% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Aurora R8  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0R3FWM
Memory26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191105
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 15 '19 at 14:21
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User ARE-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700-$200
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 83.5
1-Core 140
2-Core 270
90% 165 Pts
4-Core 490
8-Core 805
79% 648 Pts
64-Core 1,082
67% 1,082 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
Dell(1028 3735) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing below potential (56th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 123
Parallax 123
104% 125 fps
MRender 179
Gravity 124
Splatting 102
106% 135 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
116GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 291 286 283 286 283 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
169% Outstanding
Read 1251
Write 496
Mixed 1,019
SusWrite 296
170% 765 MB/s
4K Read 49.2
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 66.6
231% 83.1 MB/s
DQ Read 604
DQ Write 696
DQ Mixed 417
379% 573 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 169%
Great: 167%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
2TB free
Firmware: CC28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 197 196 194 198 197 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 196
Write 176
Mixed 79.4
SusWrite 196
118% 162 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 112%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 80AD000080AD HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 80CE000080CE M378A1K43DB2-CTD 80CE000080CE M378A1K43DB2-CTD 32GB
2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
87.7% Excellent
MC Read 32.2
MC Write 33.8
MC Mixed 27.6
89% 31.2 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 37
SC Mixed 27.7
80% 28 GB/s
Latency 74.3
54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R8 Builds (Compare 1,740 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 102%
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Desktop
Desktop 96%
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Workstation
Workstation 94%
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System: Alienware Aurora R8

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $452
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