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 (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R9 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0T76PD
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191223
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '20 at 22:24
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (99^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 1,135 102% 858 Pts	64-Core 1,133 70% 1,133 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.7% 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: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2840 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 182 Reflection 189 Parallax 171 148% 181 fps	Gravity 183 Splatting 121 130% 152 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 2200S NVMe 1024GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 167% 509GB free (System drive) Firmware: 22001030 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 889 940 1230 1266 1267 1139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,275 Write 1,260 Mixed 1,000 SusWrite 1,122 262% 1,164 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 55.9 175% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 826 DQ Write 820 DQ Mixed 896 653% 847 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 219%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 230GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 367 463 472 474 475 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 380 Mixed 311 SusWrite 432 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 33.2 107% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 243 211% 313 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 737GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 180 191 193 191 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 116 Mixed 81 SusWrite 188 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 above expectations (67^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 27.7 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 25.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 93%

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System: Alienware Aurora R9

CPU
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	438x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	154x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 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	126x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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