Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.9% 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 Drive	241% 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211112
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '22 at 07:49
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 276 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 792 85% 674 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 98.4% 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: 511.79 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 107 Parallax 121 97% 115 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 108 Splatting 93.3 92% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 276 267 256 248 238 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2243 Write 1,574 Mixed 1,249 SusWrite 277 296% 1,336 MB/s	4K Read 63.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 82.5 277% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 1,200 DQ Mixed 1,034 795% 1,071 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 255%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 390GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 141 141 144 143 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 109 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 140 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 107%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 930GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 116 117 118 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 116 Write 100 Mixed 78 SusWrite 116 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.8 231% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 66.9% 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 @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 26.4 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 26.6 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% 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 $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	359x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	335x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	229x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	170x
RTX 2080Nvidia $391Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	158x

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	138x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16