Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0R3FWM
Memory	8.5 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 20 '23 at 22:34
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 way below expectations (16^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 245 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 704 68% 562 Pts	64-Core 862 53% 862 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 81.4% 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 (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 106 Reflection 165 Parallax 121 86% 131 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 114 Splatting 98.6 101% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 128GB 20,313 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 40 40 40 40 39 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: 284 301 300 303 300 299 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 301 Write 324 Mixed 306 SusWrite 298 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 20.1 65% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 142 103% 132 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 190 192 194 190 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 170 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 192 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 way below expectations (9^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $262Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	364x
Core i7-9700Intel $243Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	345x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	232x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	346x
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	173x
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	60x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	162x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	155x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	142x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $462

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16