Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	267% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Alienware Aurora R8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02XRCM
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20221222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '23 at 20:58
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 1,046 96% 802 Pts	64-Core 1030 64% 1030 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$212 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 546.29 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 118 Parallax 122 108% 124 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 101 Splatting 88.2 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 607GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 987 1486 1717 1777 1784 1931 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 1,167 Write 1,396 Mixed 1,269 SusWrite 1,613 308% 1,361 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 70.6 231% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,258 DQ Write 964 DQ Mixed 1,090 821% 1,104 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 365%
Spcc Solid State Disk 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 289GB free Firmware: HPS2704M SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 390 336 439 435 217 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 22% Great: 81%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 739GB free Firmware: 04.01A04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 112 110 112 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 148 Write 116 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 110 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KHX2666C16/8G 802C0000802C 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 01980000830B KHX2666C16/8G 802C0000802C 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 24.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	100	27"	1280 720	SPT0AD7 Sceptre F27

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Gaming 102%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 94%

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System: Alienware Aurora R8

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	359x
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	335x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	229x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	342x
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	170x
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	58x
NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 228%, 2,759 samples	54x

RAM
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples	159x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	151x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	138x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16