Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	154% 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.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	38.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190625
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '19 at 19:35
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 280 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 694 77% 606 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB; FE CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	154% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 229 Parallax 232 176% 225 fps	MRender 234 Gravity 202 Splatting 137 150% 191 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 174%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 145 Parallax 122 90% 126 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 122 Splatting 106 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,494 Write 1,054 Mixed 698 239% 1,082 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 62.9 211% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 845 DQ Write 717 DQ Mixed 608 503% 723 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 207%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$55 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 317GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 450 427 429 386 390 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 435 Mixed 428 SusWrite 419 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 56.8 190% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 293 239% 341 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 755GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 466 445 456 471 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 470 Mixed 454 SusWrite 461 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 61.1 210% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 399GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 137 136 136 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 158 Write 118 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 136 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT16G4DFD8213.C16FDD Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1315 CT16G4DFD8213.C16FDD Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 48GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 74%

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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	1,038x
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	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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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