Alienware Aurora R9

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	145% 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Alienware Aurora R9 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0T76PD
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190823
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '21 at 21:42
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (40^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-$250 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 232 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 478 56% 432 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 77.8% 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: 466.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 153 Parallax 150 96% 140 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 138 Splatting 118 114% 143 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 6,475 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 408 398 377 368 352 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,256 Write 472 Mixed 419 SusWrite 380 139% 632 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42.6 126% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 462 DQ Mixed 563 459% 667 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 223%
Ct500mx5 0 431GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 61GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 344 414 400 408 378 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 373 Write 367 Mixed 399 SusWrite 361 85% 375 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 43.8 149% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 288 234% 333 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 114%
Inateck ASM1153E 500GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 56GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 41 41 42 38 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	5.47% Terrible	Read 56.8 Write 55 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 39.5 11% 47 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 3% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 5.47% Great: 76%
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$100 46,203 User benchmarks, average bench 317% 931GB free Firmware: RKT401.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1957 1989 1997 1997 1992 1995 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 1,528 Write 1,335 Mixed 1,718 SusWrite 1,988 372% 1,642 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 65.7 219% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1221 DQ Write 1,042 DQ Mixed 1,093 829% 1,119 MB/s
Poor: 189% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 486%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 697GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 193 193 195 196 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 186 Mixed 81 SusWrite 189 117% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 129GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 64 61 64 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 81.8 Write 96 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 62.2 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 359GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 74 75 76 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 134 Write 116 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 76.2 129% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.3 168% 2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 65%
WD easystore 25FB 10TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 8.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 28 30 30 31 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 29.7 Write 29 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 29 36% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 859B BLS16G4D26BFST.16FD 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2666, 2666 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 28.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 24 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	12	10	144	48.9"	1280 720	SAM0E5E C49HG9x

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 109%

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System: Alienware Aurora R9

CPU
Core i7-9700Intel $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	441x
Core i7-9700KIntel $285Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	155x
Core i9-9900KIntel $459Bench 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	53x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $716

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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