Alienware Aurora R9

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	230% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R9 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0T76PD
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	800 x 480 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190823
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '20 at 21:39
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$260 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 81.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 283 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 797 83% 668 Pts	64-Core 987 61% 987 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Dell(1028 12FE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 117 Parallax 118 101% 120 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 122 Splatting 97.1 104% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssdpemkf256g8 NVMe INTEL 256GB 978 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7002 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 274 238 242 183 276 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,247 Write 1004 Mixed 1,075 SusWrite 273 253% 1,150 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 80.9 276% 97.6 MB/s	DQ Read 822 DQ Write 874 DQ Mixed 544 493% 747 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 241%
Inateck ASM1153E 500GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 56GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 41 33 37 38 33 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	5.31% Terrible	Read 57.7 Write 56.7 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 36.3 11% 47.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 3% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 76%
Ct500mx5 0 431GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 98GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 373 434 440 397 389 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 420 Mixed 423 SusWrite 379 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 50.5 168% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 284 231% 328 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 537GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 181 182 184 184 183 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 99.7 Write 177 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 182 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 75GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 64 63 63 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 68.2 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 63.5 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 472GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 97 96 97 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 96.7 Write 93.3 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 96.4 120% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.4 164% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.7% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20.7 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 18.7 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 90%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 109%

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System: Alienware Aurora R9

CPU
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	437x
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	294x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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