Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.5% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20221122
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '23 at 23:36
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$250 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 262 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 990 93% 772 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 99%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 08F7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	6.43% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 9.6 Parallax 7.7 6% 8.13 fps	MRender 9.8 Gravity 7 Splatting 10.8 8% 9.2 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.43% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 3759) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 108 Parallax 110 93% 111 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 93.2 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$35 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,813 Write 1,937 Mixed 1,552 395% 1,768 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 67.8 212% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,186 DQ Write 1,044 DQ Mixed 1101 829% 1,110 MB/s
Poor: 168% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 196 195 114 189 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 178 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 180 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 802C0000802C 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 16GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.5% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	57	170	27"	1280 720	ACR0B3A ED270U P2

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $245Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	361x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	340x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	231x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	344x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	172x
RTX 2080Nvidia $383Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	160x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	88x
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 184%, 4,018 samples	58x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	161x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	152x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	141x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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