Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	80.8% 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	260% 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 0R3FWM
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '19 at 20:28
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 299 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 1,185 104% 884 Pts	64-Core 1,182 73% 1,182 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.28 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 93.2 Parallax 85.2 84% 94 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 78.5 74% 91.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KXG60ZNV512G NVM 512GB 1,447 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1187 791 797 798 798 801 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 1,928 Write 2,273 Mixed 1,529 SusWrite 862 370% 1,648 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 77.4 262% 94.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,082 DQ Write 1,139 DQ Mixed 915 742% 1,045 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 254%
Gigabyte GP-ASACNE2100TTTDR 1TB 1,426 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 953GB free Firmware: ECFMH2.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2280 1151 1024 1008 1044 1044 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 1,508 Write 2,187 Mixed 1,639 SusWrite 1,259 373% 1,648 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 65.5 231% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,508 DQ Write 1,127 DQ Mixed 1,420 1,034% 1,352 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 280%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 97%

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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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	358x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	332x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	229x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	340x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	167x
RTX 2080Nvidia $396Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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