Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics81% 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 Drive198% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R8  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0R3FWM
Memory14.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190401
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 08 '20 at 02:26
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 79%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-9400-$161
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
91.3% Outstanding
Memory 90
1-Core 125
2-Core 246
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 499
8-Core 727
76% 613 Pts
64-Core 740
46% 740 Pts
Poor: 78%
This bench: 91.3%
Great: 91%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560X
Dell(1028 1721) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1275 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.5.2
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
26.3% Poor
Lighting 31.6
Reflection 32.8
Parallax 44.6
26% 36.3 fps
MRender 31.5
Gravity 32.4
Splatting 35.2
27% 33 fps
Poor: 23%
This bench: 26.3%
Great: 27%
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
81% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 93.8
Parallax 92.7
84% 96.6 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 91.1
Splatting 81.3
75% 93.1 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81%
Great: 81%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 2TB
998GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT30Q.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1312 1488 1395 1407 1461 1482 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
198% Outstanding
Read 1,413
Write 1,686
Mixed 1,276
SusWrite 1,424
328% 1,450 MB/s
4K Read 49.1
4K Write 59.2
4K Mixed 48.8
168% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 54.5
DQ Write 66.1
DQ Mixed 96.5
63% 72.4 MB/s
Poor: 147%
This bench: 198%
Great: 368%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 029E000080AD CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 029E000080AD CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 24GB
2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
71.1% Very good
MC Read 26.3
MC Write 27.5
MC Mixed 21.6
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 26.4
SC Mixed 21.3
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 67.3
60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R8 Builds (Compare 1,750 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine

System: Alienware Aurora R8

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 109% - Outstanding Total price: $465
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