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Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	193% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '21 at 13:21
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$385 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 83.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 300 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 1,120 99% 840 Pts	64-Core 1,547 96% 1,547 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Dell(1028 3794) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.37 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.2% Good	Lighting 84.7 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 75.3 69% 82.4 fps	MRender 63.5 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 69.8 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 2200S NVMe 256GB 3,696 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 22001030 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1021 1044 1044 259 219 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,544 Write 1,049 Mixed 949 SusWrite 634 233% 1,044 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 56.4 186% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 790 DQ Write 786 DQ Mixed 789 593% 789 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 194%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 186GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 480 482 486 486 487 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 477 Mixed 461 SusWrite 483 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 52.7 178% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 357 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%
WD WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 8TB 203GB free Firmware: GX0B SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 130 130 126 131 132 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 130 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.4 203% 2.53 MB/s

Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$103 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 90GB free Firmware: CC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 5.9 7.4 6.3 6 7.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.93% Terrible	Read 7.2 Write 7 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 6.4 5% 6.32 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0 10% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 3.93% Great: 117%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 121 122 120 126 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 22.7 Write 24.4 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 122 37% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.3 146% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 92%
Multi-Reader -1 32GB 335 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 10GB free, PID 6368 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 42 41 41 41 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 42.3 Write 38.5 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 41.1 45% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.2 133% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8502 3000 C16 Series 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 100%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 94%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $240Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	395x
Core i7-9700Intel $225Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	376x
Core i9-9900KIntel $385Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	248x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	370x
RTX 2060Nvidia $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	190x
RTX 2080Nvidia $270Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	174x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	93x
NVMe TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 184%, 4,018 samples	63x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc601Bench 162%, 6,475 samples	58x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	175x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	163x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	157x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $440

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $296	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $225	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350