Alienware Aurora R9

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 142%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 149%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics148% 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 Drive267% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Aurora R9  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0T76PD
Memory26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191031
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateMar 22 '20 at 17:29
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9900KS
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
95.5% Outstanding
Memory 93.6
1-Core 130
2-Core 260
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 521
8-Core 1,113
95% 817 Pts
64-Core 1,554
96% 1,554 Pts
Poor: 89%
This bench: 95.5%
Great: 105%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Dell(1028 3718) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
148% Outstanding
Lighting 202
Reflection 217
Parallax 224
164% 214 fps
MRender 246
Gravity 200
Splatting 131
151% 192 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 148%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 1TB
868GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1105 1087 1288 1298 1295 1299 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
267% Outstanding
Read 1,619
Write 2,238
Mixed 1737
SusWrite 1,229
386% 1,706 MB/s
4K Read 55.9
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 78.3
264% 94.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,106
DQ Write 930
DQ Mixed 1,004
756% 1,013 MB/s
Poor: 115%
This bench: 267%
Great: 261%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
931GB free
Firmware: 13057113
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 166 168 169 170 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 199
Write 171
Mixed 86.2
SusWrite 163
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.2
236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 104%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown XRMWRN-MIE 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
95.3% Outstanding
MC Read 35
MC Write 37.6
MC Mixed 29.1
97% 33.9 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 41
SC Mixed 27.8
84% 29.4 GB/s
Latency 60.7
66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R9 Builds (Compare 872 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 120%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 109%
UFO

System: Alienware Aurora R9

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $726
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