Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive44.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R8  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0R3FWM
Memory7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20221222
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateMar 19 '23 at 19:26
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 39%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700-$200
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
82.7% Excellent
Memory 93
1-Core 130
2-Core 247
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 391
8-Core 624
62% 507 Pts
64-Core 979
61% 979 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
Dell(1028 3735) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3625 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
107% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 180
Parallax 133
108% 149 fps
MRender 184
Gravity 125
Splatting 107
110% 139 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 128GB
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 70000P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 35 35 32 37 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
44.6% Average
Read 402
Write 118
Mixed 133
SusWrite 35.7
38% 172 MB/s
4K Read 18.2
4K Write 35.2
4K Mixed 18.1
69% 23.8 MB/s
DQ Read 125
DQ Write 106
DQ Mixed 134
95% 121 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 44.6%
Great: 82%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 305 305 307 312 307 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
59.4% Above average
Read 306
Write 346
Mixed 320
SusWrite 307
72% 320 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 30.7
4K Mixed 22.7
73% 23.8 MB/s
DQ Read 128
DQ Write 128
DQ Mixed 144
104% 133 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 59.4%
Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38
2TB free
Firmware: CC28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 190 194 194 193 195 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 177
Mixed 80.2
SusWrite 193
115% 158 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 108%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown M378A1K43DB2-CTD 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
79.8% Very good
MC Read 31
MC Write 30.8
MC Mixed 23.2
81% 28.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 28.2
SC Mixed 24.2
66% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 62
64% 62 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R8 Builds (Compare 1,759 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 102%
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Desktop
Desktop 96%
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Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine

System: Alienware Aurora R8

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 109% - Outstanding Total price: $459
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