Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	166% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0R3FWM
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20230313
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '24 at 02:39
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$265 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 85.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 943 92% 753 Pts	64-Core 955 59% 955 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Lighting 94.1 Reflection 89.4 Parallax 77.1 77% 86.9 fps	MRender 65.1 Gravity 78.7 Splatting 71.5 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 796 755 407 432 413 410 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 783 Write 1071 Mixed 923 SusWrite 535 187% 828 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 52.9 182% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,205 DQ Write 857 DQ Mixed 958 735% 1,007 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 253%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 104GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 49 49 49 49 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 150 Write 63.8 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 49.3 60% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 162GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 153 150 132 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 90.7 Write 91.8 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 144 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 107%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB 1TB 397 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 108GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 97 99 97 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 94.2 Write 64.3 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 97.1 104% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 114% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 1x16GB 14,529 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 53%

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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	71	59	144	27"	1280 720	DELD0E6 S2719DGF

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 94%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	359x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	335x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	229x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	170x
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	58x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	159x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	151x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	138x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16