Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	250% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	57.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 14:42
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 695 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 923 57% 923 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Dell(1028 1725) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.Q3.1 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 119 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 171 97% 127 fps	Gravity 131 Splatting 130 116% 130 fps
Poor: 77% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB 7,642 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1244 805 805 811 783 804 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,042 Write 1,511 Mixed 1,406 SusWrite 875 326% 1,459 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 71.2 233% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,042 DQ Write 832 DQ Mixed 891 679% 922 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 267%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 734GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 192 194 193 190 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 183 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 192 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 6,447 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 38.5 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 26.7 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 136%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	358x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	332x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	229x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x
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	57x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	159x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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