Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	120% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180514
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 17:14
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 260 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 515 68% 513 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 139 Parallax 118 107% 129 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 380 397 399 349 328 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 424 Mixed 356 SusWrite 380 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 65 199% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 840GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 183 181 180 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 160 Mixed 36 SusWrite 177 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.4 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,048x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	377x
Core i5-6400Intel $71Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	596x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
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	122x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16