Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.6% 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 Drive	214% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0R3FWM
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 06:41
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 835 82% 671 Pts	64-Core 1,076 67% 1,076 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Dell(1028 3735) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 115 Parallax 115 98% 117 fps	MRender 166 Gravity 113 Splatting 93.5 98% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1523 392 384 391 396 395 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 2,012 Write 1,624 Mixed 882 SusWrite 580 283% 1,274 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 75.1 188% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 852 DQ Write 788 DQ Mixed 774 593% 804 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 242%
Sandisk S3 2T00 2TB 7,927 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 1TB free Firmware: 411030RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 462 469 472 473 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 478 Mixed 385 SusWrite 463 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 50.1 173% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 246 212% 313 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$35 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 117GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,390 Write 2,117 Mixed 1,760 396% 1,756 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 73.8 256% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,113 DQ Write 893 DQ Mixed 1,001 750% 1,002 MB/s
Poor: 168% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 439GB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 126 128 125 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 148 Write 130 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 126 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8266.M8FD 802C0000802C 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 859B0000802C CT8G4DFS8266.M8FD 802C0000802C 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 32GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 25.9 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 26.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 94%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $263Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	359x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	337x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	230x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	343x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	170x
RTX 2080Nvidia $389Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	159x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	87x
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 184%, 4,018 samples	58x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	159x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	151x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	139x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $463

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16