Alienware Aurora R9

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	147% 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora R9 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0T76PD
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '20 at 00:09
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 1,133 97% 834 Pts	64-Core 1,127 70% 1,127 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6591) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 167 Reflection 184 Parallax 165 136% 172 fps	Gravity 173 Splatting 119 126% 146 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 2200S NVMe 1024GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 167% 658GB free (System drive) Firmware: 22001030 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 895 971 1249 1266 1217 1229 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 236 Write 532 Mixed 756 SusWrite 1,138 153% 665 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 17.5 115% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 810 DQ Mixed 798 597% 790 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 219%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 285GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 377 470 474 467 472 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 420 Mixed 346 SusWrite 434 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 33.7 111% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 274 227% 326 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 737GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 181 194 194 193 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 177 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 188 113% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown XRGM6C-MIE 2x16GB 350 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 28.8 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 93%

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System: Alienware Aurora R9

CPU
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	445x
Core i7-9700KIntel $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	155x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	85x

GPU
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	300x
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	314x
XRMWRN-MIE 2x16GBUnknownBench 87%, 1,806 samples	72x
XJ69DF-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 2,831 samples	54x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $716

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16