Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	135% 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '18 at 03:27
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 161 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 304 37% 284 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.95 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.3% Average	Lighting 59 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 58.4 48% 62.9 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 58 Splatting 59.5 48% 59.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 439 436 390 393 373 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1138 Write 872 Mixed 745 SusWrite 418 177% 793 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 32.1 122% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 700 DQ Write 502 DQ Mixed 554 426% 585 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 207%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 169 163 158 163 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 23.5 Write 45.2 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 164 48% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.2 57% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 1,551 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: 050B SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 188 191 190 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 181 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 189 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 102%
USB Flash Disk 8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 6GB free, PID 201a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	4.96% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 1.8 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 2.4 6% 6.87 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.96% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 81%

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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	1,039x
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	313x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

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	300x
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 $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 $45	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