Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191115
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '20 at 00:01
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 177 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 396 50% 380 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.9% Above average	Lighting 75 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 69.9 61% 74.5 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 63.6 57% 71.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 57GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 143 138 125 143 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 257 Write 204 Mixed 216 SusWrite 143 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 37.8 132% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 166 131% 180 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 22GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 175 180 165 173 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 317 Write 237 Mixed 263 SusWrite 173 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 37.8 143% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 227 169% 223 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 134 109 129 141 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 149 Write 154 Mixed 72 SusWrite 136 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 75%

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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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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 49%

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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 $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