Alienware Aurora R9

Performance Results


Gaming 175% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 180% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	165% 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	384% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R9 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0T76PD
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '21 at 15:18
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$403 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 154 2-Core 319 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 636 8-Core 1,256 112% 946 Pts	64-Core 1,644 102% 1,644 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Dell(1028 3718) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3897 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Lighting 223 Reflection 212 Parallax 259 182% 231 fps	MRender 285 Gravity 226 Splatting 176 182% 229 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$148 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2307 2448 2480 1854 1553 1552 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	384% Outstanding	Read 2,684 Write 2,388 Mixed 1,576 SusWrite 2,032 487% 2,170 MB/s	4K Read 66.8 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 95.1 319% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,303 DQ Write 1093 DQ Mixed 1,198 897% 1,198 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 384% Great: 435%
Ssdpemkf512g8 NVMe INTEL 512GB 2,438 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 476GB free Firmware: 7003 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 872 540 542 543 545 543 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,431 Write 835 Mixed 1,173 SusWrite 598 277% 1,259 MB/s	4K Read 67.6 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 95.2 316% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1285 DQ Write 851 DQ Mixed 1,040 783% 1,059 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 257%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 922GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 192 194 196 195 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 197 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 195 112% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown XRMWRN-MIE 2x16GB 1,806 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 29.9 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 29.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 97%

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

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System: Alienware Aurora R9

CPU
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	442x
Core i7-9700KIntel $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	155x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	85x

GPU
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	298x
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	313x
XRMWRN-MIE 2x16GBUnknownBench 87%, 1,806 samples	71x
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 $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16