Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	111% 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	335% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0R3FWM
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '21 at 14:37
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KF-$292 50,265 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 302 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 1,241 108% 920 Pts	64-Core 1,690 105% 1,690 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3700 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 122 Parallax 139 114% 133 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 135 Splatting 113 114% 144 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 493GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1090 1385 1441 1415 1406 1424 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	335% Outstanding	Read 2643 Write 2,447 Mixed 1,875 SusWrite 1,360 466% 2,081 MB/s	4K Read 67.8 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 94.6 318% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,158 DQ Write 947 DQ Mixed 1,025 775% 1,043 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 335% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 376GB free Firmware: RVT24B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,372 Write 9,040 Mixed 9,081 2,048% 9,164 MB/s	4K Read 712 4K Write 293 4K Mixed 402 1,750% 469 MB/s	DQ Read 1,570 DQ Write 1089 DQ Mixed 1,178 920% 1,279 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 478 480 482 478 480 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 471 Mixed 402 SusWrite 480 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 51.9 171% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 905GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 197 196 196 194 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 168 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 195 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E000080AD CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E0000802C CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E000080AD CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 33.5 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 46.5 SC Mixed 32.3 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 94%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $260Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	359x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	337x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	230x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	343x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	170x
RTX 2080Nvidia $389Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	159x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	87x
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 184%, 4,018 samples	58x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	159x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	151x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	139x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $460

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16