Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 149% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 128% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	162% 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	167% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190212
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '19 at 19:09
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 89 1-Core 141 2-Core 236 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 773 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2282) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3631 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	162% Outstanding	Lighting 224 Reflection 237 Parallax 246 182% 235 fps	MRender 265 Gravity 223 Splatting 149 167% 212 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Cx2-8b512-q11 NVMe LITEON 512GB 1,201 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 48911QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 376 306 323 342 290 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1232 Write 769 Mixed 689 SusWrite 347 168% 759 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 56.2 202% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 917 DQ Write 620 DQ Mixed 610 498% 715 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 229%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 625GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 439 475 482 481 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 471 Mixed 406 SusWrite 461 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 62.5 209% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 363 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 135%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 154 175 173 156 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 207 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 167 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G X3XCFP-HYA KHX2400C15/8G X3XCFP-HYA 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 76%

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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 $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