Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	195% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware ÿÿÿÿÿÿ
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 22:25
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 200 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 647 63% 517 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 99 Reflection 109 Parallax 101 81% 103 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 98.3 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB 1,424 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4881 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,830 Write 746 Mixed 978 260% 1,184 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 49.9 190% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 493 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 175 194% 331 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 206%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 843GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 137 137 12895256753 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 745 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1114 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 642 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3390 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3390 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 206159609891 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 469 (F1) Unknown 100 100 133941546 (F2) Unknown 100 100 56046758	81.8% Excellent	Read 160 Write 125 Mixed 147 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.18 85% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 149GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8755992 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4135 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 18 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 5130893206 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2044 (B4) Unknown 100 100 790466880 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 589365283 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 26 8755992 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 18 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	56.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 96.1 Mixed 102 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.43 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.5 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 42%

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Workstation 49%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,047x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	376x
Core i5-6400Intel $76Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	595x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	315x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc300Bench 119%, 4,485 samples	132x
NVMe LITEON 256GBCx2-8b256-q11Bench 168%, 2,143 samples	129x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	50x

RAM
HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GBHynixBench 39%, 5,448 samples	302x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 1,618 samples	121x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	102x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16