Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	136% 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	279% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180514
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 01:53
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 205 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 625 65% 521 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan V 869 User benchmarks, average bench 140% Nvidia(10DE 1218) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1912 MHz, MLim: 425 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	136% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 193 Parallax 277 150% 218 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 224 Splatting 104 134% 171 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 155%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 765GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,672 Write 1,742 Mixed 1,705 451% 2,040 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 49.3 174% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 132 136% 219 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 363%
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 643GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1314 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184685035556 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 368 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 355 (F2) Unknown 100 100 257 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 97728	81.2% Excellent	Read 510 Write 451 Mixed 489 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 13.2 96% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 53.3 63% 103 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143600048 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 99 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1240794 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 555679777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23325 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 77309411361 (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 100 253 -52381421137780 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1115804789 (F2) Unknown 100 253 757506745	108% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 165 Mixed 155 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%

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)	40.1% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 42%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,037x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	375x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	590x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	312x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc300Bench 119%, 4,485 samples	129x
NVMe LITEON 256GBCx2-8b256-q11Bench 168%, 2,143 samples	128x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	50x

RAM
HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GBHynixBench 39%, 5,448 samples	299x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 1,618 samples	120x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	101x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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