Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.7% 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	173% 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 (17%). 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 02:37
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 200 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 499 55% 435 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 80%

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: 425.31 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 127 Parallax 109 92% 116 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 115 Splatting 94.5 84% 104 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB 1,424 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4881 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 680 626 582 593 566 549 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,236 Write 778 Mixed 680 SusWrite 599 183% 823 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 53 181% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 785 DQ Write 589 DQ Mixed 514 431% 629 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 206%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 199 202 202 199 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 151 Mixed 74 SusWrite 201 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 109%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 124GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 32GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 29.7 20% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 12% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.9% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 11.2 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 10.6 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 42%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,041x
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	591x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	314x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc300Bench 119%, 4,485 samples	130x
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	121x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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