Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	25.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '20 at 14:49
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i5-9600K-$137 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 34.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 283 76% 153 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 822 86% 687 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.4% Very good	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 91.3 Parallax 84 81% 91.6 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 88.5 Splatting 78.4 73% 90.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssdpemkf256g8 NVMe INTEL 256GB 978 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7002 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 248 323 245 391 320 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 71.5 Write 86 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 325 32% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 2.1 8% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 241%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$85 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 15GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 489 Write 311 Mixed 346 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 51.6 177% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 230 207% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 24GB free Firmware: UE3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 90 91 88 96 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 429 Write 262 Mixed 124 SusWrite 95 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 9.2 64% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 47.5 DQ Mixed 16.9 30% 59.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 422GB free Firmware: CC36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 106 108 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 107 Write 62.5 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 109 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 68%
WL1500GSA6472B 1.5TB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 572GB free Firmware: 07.06E.V SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 141 141 142 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 125 Mixed 77 SusWrite 141 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 029E CMK32GX4M2D3200C16 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 36.3 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 44.1 SC Mixed 30.3 90% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 229 18% 229 ns
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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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 $253Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	359x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	338x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	230x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	344x
RTX 2060Nvidia $291Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	171x
RTX 2080Nvidia $385Bench 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: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16