Alienware Aurora R9

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.2% 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 Drive	248% 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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R9 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0T76PD
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191223
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '20 at 20:37
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$260 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 1,156 100% 856 Pts	64-Core 1,153 71% 1,153 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 3759) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 106 Parallax 108 91% 109 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 107 Splatting 78.6 85% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1148 399 392 402 398 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,028 Write 1,646 Mixed 1,282 SusWrite 523 305% 1,370 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 75.8 258% 93 MB/s	DQ Read 1,298 DQ Write 1183 DQ Mixed 779 711% 1,087 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 242%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 539GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 417 473 480 480 479 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 479 Mixed 427 SusWrite 443 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 56.6 189% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 24.1 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 26.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

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

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 109%

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System: Alienware Aurora R9

CPU
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	440x
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	297x
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	312x
XRMWRN-MIE 2x16GBUnknownBench 87%, 1,806 samples	71x
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 $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 $45	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