Alienware Aurora R9

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	115% 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	222% 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 (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R9 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0T76PD
Memory	18.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210616
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '21 at 03:57
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900-$1,989 11,853 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 186 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 612 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 1032 64% 1032 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 77.7% 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: 471.68 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 159 Parallax 160 130% 159 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 148 Splatting 120 96% 116 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv1t02 NVMe KIOXIA 1024GB 4,912 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 700GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 945 1206 1375 1423 1436 1467 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,580 Write 1,862 Mixed 1,321 SusWrite 1,309 342% 1,518 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 47.3 161% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 692 DQ Write 608 DQ Mixed 644 484% 648 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 332%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 174GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 325 179 136 128 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 364 Write 364 Mixed 344 SusWrite 188 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 21.5 72% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 136 99% 128 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 99%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 147 149 150 148 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 123 Write 121 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 147 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 101%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 139 139 137 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 64.5 Write 126 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 134 72% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 54,651 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21.6 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 13.9 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 118%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 40: 5R 3G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
40%	18%	77	105	5	165	27"	1920 1080	SPT0A05 Sceptre M25

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Gaming 120%

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Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 109%

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System: Alienware Aurora R9

CPU
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	440x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	155x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	85x

GPU
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	297x
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	312x
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: $726

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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