Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	142% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	35 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190625
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '19 at 22:43
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 228 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 702 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0729) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6951 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.81% Terrible	Lighting 6.63 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.06 5% 8.39 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 15.3 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.81% Great: 6%
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 (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	142% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 223 Parallax 215 153% 209 fps	MRender 238 Gravity 198 Splatting 134 149% 190 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,034 Write 850 Mixed 771 197% 885 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 61 205% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 484 DQ Mixed 642 474% 630 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 207%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 299GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 419 407 413 380 384 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 392 Mixed 386 SusWrite 405 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 43.9 160% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 293 239% 340 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 493GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 434 422 431 453 456 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 415 Mixed 406 SusWrite 440 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 59 184% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 123GB 3,538 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 64GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 138 Write 70.5 Mixed 70.5 106% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 2.1 123% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 40%

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 (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.2% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 18.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 74%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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