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 (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	234% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210906
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '22 at 01:04
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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-$405 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 218 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 771 72% 597 Pts	64-Core 1,186 73% 1,186 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 3759) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.59 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 111 Reflection 93.7 Parallax 108 91% 104 fps	Gravity 104 Splatting 84.3 82% 93.9 fps
Poor: 80% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe KIOXIA 512GB 4,018 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1033 1034 824 818 824 824 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,018 Write 1,969 Mixed 1,520 SusWrite 893 359% 1,600 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 65 220% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 784 DQ Write 606 DQ Mixed 691 518% 694 MB/s
Poor: 137% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 283%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 154GB free Firmware: 401120RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 400 425 424 418 424 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 471 Mixed 382 SusWrite 389 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 44.8 155% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 242 208% 308 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.9 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 24.6 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 78%

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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	446x
Core i7-9700KIntel $245Bench 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	128x
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	315x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16