Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.4% 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	220% 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 (18%). 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	18.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '20 at 19:16
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 755 73% 602 Pts	64-Core 969 60% 969 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.5% 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: 446.14 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 98.5 Parallax 83.1 82% 94.2 fps	MRender 162 Gravity 112 Splatting 94.7 97% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1502 393 385 392 394 390 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,952 Write 1,562 Mixed 1,183 SusWrite 576 294% 1,318 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 65 223% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 913 DQ Write 778 DQ Mixed 781 603% 824 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 242%
Sandisk S3 2T00 2TB 7,927 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 1TB free Firmware: 411030RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 450 439 457 449 460 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 460 Mixed 345 SusWrite 445 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 37.4 130% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 238 208% 310 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 118%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$35 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 125GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1214 841 846 842 849 850 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,344 Write 1,770 Mixed 1,646 SusWrite 907 320% 1,417 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 64.5 224% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,067 DQ Write 862 DQ Mixed 976 728% 968 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 428GB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 129 130 131 130 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 177 Write 166 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 129 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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 below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.7% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25.5 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 19.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $242Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	362x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	341x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	231x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	344x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	172x
RTX 2080Nvidia $383Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	160x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	88x
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 184%, 4,018 samples	58x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	161x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	152x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	141x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $442

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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