Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, 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.
Boot Drive	245% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	37.1 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	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '19 at 00:38
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 639 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% 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: 431.86 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	149% Outstanding	Lighting 203 Reflection 212 Parallax 208 165% 207 fps	MRender 246 Gravity 200 Splatting 138 153% 194 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 174%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.86 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 129 Parallax 118 95% 122 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 119 Splatting 95.3 86% 106 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$86 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 832GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1122 1397 1419 1144 1245 1084 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,388 Write 2,077 Mixed 1,207 SusWrite 1235 334% 1,477 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 55.6 200% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,286 DQ Write 1,083 DQ Mixed 1,206 897% 1,191 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 766GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 448 482 509 510 509 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 196GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 284 262 247 258 312 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 376 Mixed 416 SusWrite 274 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 46.1 154% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 292 239% 340 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 125%
Elecgear NV-C01 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 55GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 328 302 298 284 338 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 56% Great: 87%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 766GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 164 162 163 164 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 132 Write 170 Mixed 65 SusWrite 162 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 112%

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	68.7% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 20.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.7% 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 i5-12600K $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