Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). 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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '20 at 22:59
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$275 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 82.3 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 94% 176 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 984 96% 786 Pts	64-Core 980 61% 980 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3729) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 136 Parallax 144 118% 142 fps	MRender 154 Gravity 116 Splatting 88.8 94% 119 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KXG60ZNV512G NVM 512GB 1,447 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 290GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1416 785 782 796 795 798 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 1,880 Write 2,114 Mixed 1,528 SusWrite 895 360% 1,604 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 70.3 242% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1233 DQ Write 1140 DQ Mixed 913 760% 1,095 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 98GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 482 483 485 484 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 483 Mixed 440 SusWrite 481 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 62.4 194% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 72GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 90 92 90 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 118 Write 132 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 90 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GB 2,831 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 25.5 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22.6 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 92%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	359x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	332x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	229x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x
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: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $475

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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