Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 166% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 161% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	166% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	258% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	56.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '20 at 01:29
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 87.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 302 98% 181 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 1,173 105% 886 Pts	64-Core 1,175 73% 1,175 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan RTX-$1,484 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 168% Nvidia(10DE 12A3) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	166% Outstanding	Lighting 230 Reflection 238 Parallax 246 188% 238 fps	MRender 274 Gravity 238 Splatting 152 173% 221 fps
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 179%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 948 1089 1325 1393 1301 1254 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,553 Write 1,730 Mixed 1,670 SusWrite 1,218 400% 1,793 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 56.6 193% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 827 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 216 227% 395 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 435%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 554GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 338 415 400 370 361 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 438 Mixed 407 SusWrite 366 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 38.5 126% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 177 150% 226 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 126%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 674GB free Firmware: X212T0RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 411 417 429 430 430 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 485 Write 429 Mixed 266 SusWrite 424 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 24.5 90% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 141 127% 201 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KHX3000C15/16GX 01980000802C KHX3000C15/16GX 0198000080AD KHX3000C15/16GX 0198000080AD KHX3000C15/16GX 64GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 35.7 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 28.9 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	357x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	332x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	228x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	339x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	167x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	158x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	87x
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 184%, 4,018 samples	56x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	158x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	149x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	138x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16