Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.1% 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 Drive432% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R8  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0R3FWM
Memory5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191105
Uptime1.4 Days
Run DateMay 07 '20 at 07:37
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 24%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th 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 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
81.3% Excellent
Memory 83.4
1-Core 118
2-Core 223
80% 141 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 654
67% 541 Pts
64-Core 841
52% 841 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
84.1% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 119
Parallax 99.8
88% 109 fps
MRender 91
Gravity 107
Splatting 85.6
77% 94.4 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 43 43 45 44 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
432% Outstanding
Read 4,652
Write 45.8
Mixed 90.8
SusWrite 42
251% 1,208 MB/s
4K Read 602
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 5.4
921% 203 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 432%
Great: 242%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1TB free
Firmware: CC28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 142 146 143 166 162 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 198
Write 176
Mixed 84
SusWrite 154
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 101%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
65.3% Good
MC Read 25.2
MC Write 23.3
MC Mixed 21.2
66% 23.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 21.2
53% 18.6 GB/s
Latency 74.4
54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 65.3%
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 1,742 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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HDDRAMUSB
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