Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics78% 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 Drive244% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R8  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0R3FWM
Memory26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200701
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 23 '21 at 17:37
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
90.1% Outstanding
Memory 81.6
1-Core 135
2-Core 232
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 529
8-Core 800
82% 664 Pts
64-Core 809
50% 809 Pts
Poor: 82%
This bench: 90.1%
Great: 103%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78% Very good
Lighting 94.7
Reflection 104
Parallax 98.3
77% 98.9 fps
MRender 92.3
Gravity 98.9
Splatting 99.3
80% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB
158GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1232 335 387 404 403 403 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
244% Outstanding
Read 2,036
Write 1,641
Mixed 1,233
SusWrite 527
303% 1,359 MB/s
4K Read 53
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 73.9
253% 91.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,280
DQ Write 1,068
DQ Mixed 750
677% 1,032 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 244%
Great: 242%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
931GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 185 193 196 199 196 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 208
Write 185
Mixed 85.6
SusWrite 192
122% 168 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 115%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown V01D4L88GB1G81G82666 80AD000080AD HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 0949 V01D4L88GB1G81G82666 80AD000080AD HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 32GB
2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
89.8% Excellent
MC Read 33.9
MC Write 35.4
MC Mixed 29.5
94% 32.9 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 33.8
SC Mixed 23.6
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 77.6
52% 77.6 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R8 Builds (Compare 1,742 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine

System: Alienware Aurora R8

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $452
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HDDRAMUSB
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