Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	149% 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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	40.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190625
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 13:50
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 250 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 704 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% 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 CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	149% Outstanding	Lighting 203 Reflection 219 Parallax 236 165% 219 fps	MRender 250 Gravity 199 Splatting 131 151% 193 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 174%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 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 (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 144 Parallax 134 107% 136 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,048 Write 694 Mixed 696 180% 812 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 39.1 128% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 675 DQ Mixed 610 496% 707 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 207%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 316GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 406 397 415 420 375 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 397 Write 379 Mixed 306 SusWrite 398 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 33.7 113% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 246 208% 302 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 565GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 434 417 435 438 447 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 422 Mixed 300 SusWrite 428 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 32 97% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 133%
ST2000DM 001-1ER164 2TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 493GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 79 76 75 75 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 86.5 Write 88.7 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 74.6 102% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 79%

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 below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.4 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.5% 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	1,048x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	377x
Core i5-6400Intel $72Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	596x
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	302x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 1,618 samples	122x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	102x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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