Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.1% 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	176% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 03:20
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 241 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 699 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 138 Parallax 127 90% 125 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 126 Splatting 102 90% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 515 496 432 357 300 378 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,391 Write 496 Mixed 914 SusWrite 413 178% 804 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 53.4 189% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 885 DQ Write 760 DQ Mixed 760 587% 802 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 235%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 135GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 139 106 108 107 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 443 Write 426 Mixed 354 SusWrite 144 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 17.7 101% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 178 150% 223 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 284GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 155 157 154 156 152 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 138 Mixed 68 SusWrite 154 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 112%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 718GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 89 91 95 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 76 Write 114 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 90.2 63% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.5 181% 2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 70%
Kingston DTR30G2 16GB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 11GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 46 46 46 44 46 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 138 Write 45 Mixed 20 SusWrite 40.2 65% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1 101% 4.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 20.9 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 115%

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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	1,036x
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	589x
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	298x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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