Alienware Aurora R9

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	160% 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	144% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R9 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0T76PD
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 800 x 480 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210906
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '23 at 23:50
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 246 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 874 80% 671 Pts	64-Core 1,335 83% 1,335 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 7900-XT-$900 6,228 User benchmarks, average bench 220% AMD(1002 1002) ≥ 4GB Ram: 20GB, Driver: 23.1.1 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	160% Outstanding	Lighting 203 Reflection 236 Parallax 335 165% 258 fps	MRender 246 Gravity 167 Splatting 279 193% 230 fps
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 249%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 6,475 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 416 272 240 229 205 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,175 Write 409 Mixed 504 SusWrite 298 131% 597 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 42.3 159% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 908 DQ Write 429 DQ Mixed 579 453% 639 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 223%
Ct500mx5 0 431GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 52GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 355 371 397 398 404 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 418 Mixed 409 SusWrite 378 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 42.5 140% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 287 233% 331 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
Inateck ASM1153E 500GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 56GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 40 41 40 41 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	5.05% Terrible	Read 45.7 Write 56.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 40.4 10% 45.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 2% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 5.05% Great: 76%
ROG ESD-S1C 1TB 536 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 931GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 341 346 363 367 369 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 358 Write 359 Mixed 330 SusWrite 352 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 23.4 75% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 139 100% 129 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 657GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 193 192 194 192 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 193 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 193 116% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% 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: 62 62 62 63 62 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 70.8 Write 83.8 Mixed 60 SusWrite 62 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 63%
WD easystore 25FB 10TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 7.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 33.2 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 36.1 46% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.3 116% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 18.9% 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 way below expectations (12^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.9 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 18.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 91%

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Gaming 120%

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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	442x
Core i7-9700KIntel $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	155x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 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 $269	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 $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