Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	147% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180713
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '19 at 00:23
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 673 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	147% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 215 Parallax 207 163% 207 fps	MRender 242 Gravity 204 Splatting 135 152% 194 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 312 308 302 285 297 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 393 Write 417 Mixed 346 SusWrite 303 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 54 162% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 306 238% 326 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 415GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 384 324 324 324 326 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 434 Mixed 353 SusWrite 352 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 53.5 186% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 346 264% 356 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 916GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 196 192 193 144 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 184 Mixed 81 SusWrite 185 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF HMA451U6AFR8N-TF HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.7% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.9 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 12.8 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 76%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,050x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	377x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	249x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	600x
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	304x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 1,618 samples	122x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	103x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $448

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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