Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200701
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '21 at 12:07
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400-$161 22,187 User benchmarks, average bench 86% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 252 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 702 76% 600 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 3759) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 108 Parallax 115 93% 112 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 95.8 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+932GBHDD 1TB 6,924 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 112 86 49 87 116 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 88%
Samsung PSSD T7 1TB 2,443 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 628GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 90 92 85 109 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 301 Write 328 Mixed 225 SusWrite 110 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 23.4 77% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 78.2 DQ Mixed 22.7 39% 77.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GB 4,647 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.6 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 25.4 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	8	144	27"	1280 720	DELD0E6 S2719DGF

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 94%

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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 $396Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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