Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	244% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0R3FWM
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211112
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '21 at 10:02
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 802 80% 654 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 103%

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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 113 Parallax 139 101% 125 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 120 Splatting 104 105% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 335 334 335 333 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,238 Write 1,564 Mixed 1,233 SusWrite 352 298% 1,347 MB/s	4K Read 65.9 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 83.5 282% 97.1 MB/s	DQ Read 981 DQ Write 1,039 DQ Mixed 1,034 771% 1,018 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 255%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 342GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 143 145 145 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 143 Write 140 Mixed 31 SusWrite 141 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 107%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 930GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 114 118 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 104 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 116 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.8 222% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 79%

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 @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 26.1 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 26.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

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

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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 $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 $45	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