Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0R3FWM
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20221222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '23 at 23:57
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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-$186 349,567 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 (54^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 718 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 869 54% 869 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 94%

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: 526.61 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 172 Parallax 130 103% 143 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 123 Splatting 106 107% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 128GB 20,313 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 43 43 43 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 45% Great: 82%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 315 311 318 317 320 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 293 Write 334 Mixed 320 SusWrite 315 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 29.9 4K Mixed 22.2 72% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 144 103% 132 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 182 182 183 183 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 161 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 182 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43DB2-CTD 2x8GB 1,733 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 23.5 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 25.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

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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 $242Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	364x
Core i7-9700Intel $243Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	342x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	231x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	344x
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	172x
RTX 2080Nvidia $270Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	162x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	89x
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 184%, 4,018 samples	59x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	161x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	153x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	142x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $442

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16