Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.1% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210906
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 14 '24 at 21:34
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$85 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 676 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$273 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2066) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.44 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 138 Parallax 117 97% 125 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 99.7 91% 113 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 1100 SATA 256GB 16,265 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0DL022 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 444 Write 320 Mixed 374 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 31.8 107% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 298 218% 281 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 94%
Hua722050cla330 39M4517 42C0468IBM 500GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 22GB free Firmware: JP2OA3GB SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 122 118 115 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 114 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 77%
Seagate BUP Slim 1TB 6,231 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 519GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 113 111 109 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 94 Write 87.2 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 109 66% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 24 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 22.5 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 97%

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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	67	55	60	27"	1280 720	SAM0D32 C27F390

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 94%

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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	344x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	232x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	346x
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 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	161x
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 $120	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