Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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 Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0R3FWM
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190116
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '24 at 16:22
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$259 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 750 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 864 54% 864 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 C972) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 174 Parallax 164 147% 173 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 141 Splatting 121 119% 150 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme ADATA SWORDFISH 1TB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 233GB free Firmware: V9002s80 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 666 917 927 915 915 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,776 Write 789 Mixed 860 SusWrite 800 234% 1,056 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 45.4 160% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 490 DQ Write 595 DQ Mixed 584 429% 556 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 264%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 166 182 192 186 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 189 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 171 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 029E CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3600, 3600 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 30.3 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 27.1 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 45: 0P 5R 5G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
45%	27%	55	214	58	60	0"	1280 720	SPT0FD8 X405BV-FMQC

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 94%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	359x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	338x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	230x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	344x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	171x
RTX 2080Nvidia $389Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	159x

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	160x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	152x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	139x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $459

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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