Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 00:07
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400-$161 22,187 User benchmarks, average bench 86% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 106 2-Core 242 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 654 70% 556 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 08F7) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.89% Terrible	Lighting 7.03 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.28 6% 8.37 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 6.07 Splatting 14.5 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.89% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Dell(1028 3794) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 2241 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Lighting 92.1 Reflection 89.7 Parallax 78.1 75% 86.6 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 81.9 Splatting 77.7 64% 77.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 689GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 909 503 508 506 506 506 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 914GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 206 205 205 189 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 175 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 201 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 066D000080AD TL48G32S8RRGB16 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 23.4 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 17.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	358x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	332x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	229x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	341x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	167x
RTX 2080Nvidia $396Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	158x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	87x
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 184%, 4,018 samples	57x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	159x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	149x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	138x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16