Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	81.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.4% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200305
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 00:10
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 48.7 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 168 52% 97.5 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 443 48% 382 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 82% 107 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 105 Splatting 90.7 79% 97.6 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 448 596 241 144 173 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 55 Write 432 Mixed 617 SusWrite 349 84% 363 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 36.2 131% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 568 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 531 384% 499 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 235%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 230GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 154 155 153 149 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 172 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 151 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GB 1,618 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	23% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.6 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 2.6 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 3.1 11% 4 GB/s	Latency 166 24% 166 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 44%

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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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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	1,040x
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	591x
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	130x
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	121x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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