Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	197% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '20 at 01:33
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 658 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 175 Parallax 176 133% 171 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 163 Splatting 118 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 1TB 1,290 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 614GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1051 1049 1070 1055 1082 1075 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 967 Write 1,088 Mixed 694 SusWrite 1,063 215% 953 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 50.7 182% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 830 DQ Write 861 DQ Mixed 835 631% 842 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 199%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 543GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 104 107 108 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 93 Write 63.5 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 106 61% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 32GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 77%

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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	1,038x
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