Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.6% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R8  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0R3FWM
Memory8.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190401
Uptime5.2 Days
Run DateFeb 17 '20 at 20:07
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 18%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9400-$161
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Memory 82.9
1-Core 126
2-Core 247
84% 152 Pts
4-Core 500
8-Core 740
77% 620 Pts
64-Core 715
44% 715 Pts
Poor: 78%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 91%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560X
Dell(1028 1721) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1275 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.5.2
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
26.4% Poor
Lighting 31.9
Reflection 32.7
Parallax 39
26% 34.5 fps
MRender 31.6
Gravity 32.4
Splatting 35.2
27% 33 fps
Poor: 23%
This bench: 26.4%
Great: 27%
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Lighting 103
Reflection 93.2
Parallax 90
84% 95.3 fps
MRender 99.8
Gravity 89.3
Splatting 77.9
72% 89 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
465GB free
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1672 1150 807 810 802 812 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
298% Outstanding
Read 2493
Write 2,245
Mixed 1,668
SusWrite 1,009
414% 1,854 MB/s
4K Read 62.6
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 83
269% 91 MB/s
DQ Read 1,419
DQ Write 949
DQ Mixed 1,145
865% 1,171 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 298%
Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 40 98 94 100 56 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
45% Average
Read 81
Write 106
Mixed 58.8
SusWrite 75.6
59% 80.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 45%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 029E000080AD CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 029E000080AD CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 24GB
2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
49.3% Average
MC Read 16
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 15.8
48% 16.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 13.9
46% 16 GB/s
Latency 75.4
53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 49.3%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R8 Builds (Compare 1,738 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine

System: Alienware Aurora R8

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $452
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Intel Core i5-12600K $179Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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