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Alienware Aurora R8

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics99% 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 Drive97.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R8  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0R3FWM
Memory8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210906
Uptime3 Days
Run DateFeb 06 '22 at 02:25
Run Duration187 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 25%
Watch Gameplay: 2070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700-$135
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
88.4% Excellent
Memory 91.2
1-Core 128
2-Core 252
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 475
8-Core 596
69% 536 Pts
64-Core 770
48% 770 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 88.4%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
Dell(1028 3735) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27
Performing below potential (20th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 110
Parallax 123
99% 118 fps
MRender 161
Gravity 113
Splatting 98
98% 124 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 99%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 58 52 52 48 46 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
97.8% Outstanding
Read 906
Write 62.3
Mixed 145
SusWrite 60.7
62% 293 MB/s
4K Read 36.2
4K Write 88.7
4K Mixed 35.9
148% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 475
DQ Write 109
DQ Mixed 110
128% 231 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 97.8%
Great: 167%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 201 197 202 202 201 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 203
Write 190
Mixed 84.8
SusWrite 200
124% 169 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 115%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown M378A1K43DB2-CTD 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.7% Very good
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 26.3
MC Mixed 22.3
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 12
SC Write 18.4
SC Mixed 20.4
48% 16.9 GB/s
Latency 65.5
61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 70.7%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R8 Builds (Compare 1,925 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: 111% - Outstanding Total price: $440
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