Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.6% 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	134% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180514
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '18 at 23:31
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 645 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.5 81% 101 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 90.1 Splatting 97.8 77% 93.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 227 226 238 232 235 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,117 Write 788 Mixed 547 SusWrite 237 149% 672 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 44.7 165% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 723 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 311 290% 461 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 141%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 99GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 101 102 102 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 144 Write 121 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 100 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 109%
Seagate ST1000LM 035-1RK172 1TB 3,232 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 930GB free Firmware: 7101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 130 125 129 133 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 129 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 70%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 828GB free Firmware: 7101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 103 104 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 103 73% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 Kingston KHX2133C14/16G 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 74%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 49%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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