Alienware Aurora R9

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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	211% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora R9 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0T76PD
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190823
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 01:31
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$260 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 286 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 1,022 96% 799 Pts	64-Core 1,049 65% 1,049 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Dell(1028 C722) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 159 Parallax 155 136% 160 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 150 Splatting 106 118% 150 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 6,475 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 655 714 715 715 712 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,634 Write 1,275 Mixed 662 SusWrite 735 240% 1,076 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 50.1 189% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1076 DQ Write 875 DQ Mixed 1,178 827% 1,043 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 223%
Ct500mx5 0 431GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 81GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 292 412 412 413 410 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 391 Mixed 328 SusWrite 364 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 36 128% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 242 202% 292 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 114%
Inateck ASM1153E 500GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 56GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 37 41 41 40 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	5.36% Terrible	Read 54 Write 56.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 39.9 11% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 2% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 5.36% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 929GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 151 123 131 140 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 126 Write 167 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 134 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 75GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 66 66 65 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 42.7 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 65.5 44% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 470GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 102 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 139 Write 114 Mixed 61 SusWrite 105 136% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.3 159% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 65%
Innostor Innostor 64GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 36GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 41.2 Write 36.5 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 36.1 52% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0 31% 2 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown X5H5PW-MIE 2x8GB 2,592 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 23.9 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 25.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%

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System: Alienware Aurora R9

CPU
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	439x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	155x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	85x

GPU
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	295x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	127x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	72x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc601Bench 162%, 6,475 samples	52x
2200S NVMe 512GBMicronBench 167%, 5,553 samples	43x
2200S NVMe 256GBMicronBench 152%, 2,261 samples	42x

RAM
X5H5PW-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 2,592 samples	311x
XRMWRN-MIE 2x16GBUnknownBench 87%, 1,806 samples	70x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	53x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $726

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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