Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	98.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190625
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 18:01
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 187 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 622 61% 500 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C729) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 121 Parallax 121 106% 124 fps	MRender 152 Gravity 108 Splatting 93.3 94% 118 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 303 300 299 298 283 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 448 Mixed 366 SusWrite 298 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 38.9 152% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 235 200% 293 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 310GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 158 164 164 164 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 136 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 162 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 20.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 81%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,039x
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	190x

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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