Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.8% 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	192% 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	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

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System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190401
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '21 at 05:37
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 89.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 1,134 100% 849 Pts	64-Core 1,150 71% 1,150 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 3759) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.37 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 109 Parallax 113 96% 114 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 103 Splatting 92.8 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$70 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 626GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 654 100 209 104 103 102 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,519 Write 1,514 Mixed 1,089 SusWrite 212 242% 1,083 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 76.6 271% 98.3 MB/s	DQ Read 640 DQ Write 904 DQ Mixed 269 344% 604 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: HPH4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 199 198 199 199 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 74.2 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 196 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HP24D4U7S8MD-8 4x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.2 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 25.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 83%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 94%

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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