Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0R3FWM
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220321
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '22 at 15:50
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 740 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 979 61% 979 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3729) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3799 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 174 Parallax 175 139% 173 fps	MRender 202 Gravity 151 Splatting 127 127% 160 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 128GB 20,313 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 449 Write 282 Mixed 298 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 35 116% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 137 112% 159 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 82%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 47GB free Firmware: SBFKJ1A3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 208 129 63 164 38 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 302 Write 396 Mixed 329 SusWrite 134 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 32.2 118% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 144 118% 167 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 368GB free Firmware: MX4OAD30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 77 72 74 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 56.4 Write 99.4 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 76.7 50% 68 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.2 99% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 32GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 132 Write 112 Mixed 20.6 64% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 107%
Seagate Ultra Slim PL 2TB 1,166 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 769GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 82 83 83 84 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 73.7 Write 125 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 82.7 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.5 188% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 68%

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 below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.7 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 88%

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

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	359x
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	342x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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