Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.2% 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	235% 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	25.4 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 26 '20 at 02:31
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$186 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 787 77% 633 Pts	64-Core 1,062 66% 1,062 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.6% 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: 451.48 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 104 Reflection 104 Parallax 86.4 85% 98.2 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 122 Splatting 100 104% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1497 397 399 393 385 396 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,090 Write 1,627 Mixed 1,272 SusWrite 578 310% 1,392 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 73.8 249% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 929 DQ Write 790 DQ Mixed 778 605% 832 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 242%
Sandisk S3 2T00 2TB 7,927 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 1TB free Firmware: 411030RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 467 467 472 467 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 300 Mixed 320 SusWrite 463 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 47.6 148% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 245 212% 314 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 118%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$75 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 125GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1244 841 848 849 852 851 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,599 Write 1,849 Mixed 1,746 SusWrite 914 344% 1,527 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 72 250% 94.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,082 DQ Write 880 DQ Mixed 994 740% 985 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 428GB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 131 130 130 128 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 164 Write 172 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 129 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84% 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 31.7 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 26.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 25.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 94%

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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 $429Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	231x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	344x
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	173x
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	154x
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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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