Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '20 at 15:36
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 832 86% 695 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 84.8 Parallax 78.3 78% 86.5 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 82.4 Splatting 70.1 68% 85.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssdpemkf256g8 NVMe INTEL 256GB 978 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7002 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2377 Write 1,078 Mixed 821 311% 1,425 MB/s	4K Read 68.8 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 46.3 187% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 822 DQ Write 46 DQ Mixed 78.5 146% 316 MB/s
Poor: 100% Great: 241%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$75 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 15GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 500 Write 448 Mixed 324 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 52.2 180% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 226 206% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 24GB free Firmware: UE3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 90 91 90 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 399 Write 201 Mixed 221 SusWrite 94.1 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 31.7 4K Mixed 13.3 65% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 84.8 DQ Mixed 41.7 47% 81.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 422GB free Firmware: CC36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 86 85 87 86 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 85.4 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 68%
WL1500GSA6472B 1.5TB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 572GB free Firmware: 07.06E.V SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 139 140 140 140 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 116 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 139 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 029E CMK32GX4M2D3200C16 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 43.8 MC Mixed 37.2 117% 40.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

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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 $264Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	364x
Core i7-9700Intel $243Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	342x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	231x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	344x
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	172x
RTX 2080Nvidia $270Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	162x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	89x
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 184%, 4,018 samples	59x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	161x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	153x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	142x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16