Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 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 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	200% 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

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '22 at 20:18
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way below expectations (14^th 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 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 75 1-Core 87.3 2-Core 174 65% 112 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 581 56% 463 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Dell(1028 C756) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 70.8 Reflection 61.1 Parallax 121 58% 84.4 fps	Gravity 100 Splatting 91.8 84% 95.9 fps
Poor: 90% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981a NVMe Samsung 1024GB 3,869 User benchmarks, average bench 240% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15303129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1123 575 843 647 616 669 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 2,263 Write 1,467 Mixed 1433 SusWrite 745 329% 1,477 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 44.1 150% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 161 174% 309 MB/s
Poor: 146% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 357%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 289GB free Firmware: 1003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 141 103 78 76 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 124 Write 190 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 102 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GU6DJR8N-VK 2x16GB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27 86% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 18.2 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 93%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $285Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	359x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	332x
Core i9-9900KIntel $459Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	229x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	167x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 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: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $485

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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