Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (30%). 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	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190625
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '20 at 20:13
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 250 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 701 67% 553 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

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: 451.48 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 128 Parallax 113 99% 121 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 121 Splatting 101 89% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 954 Write 752 Mixed 730 180% 812 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 60.2 204% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 844 DQ Write 731 DQ Mixed 149 286% 575 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 207%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 320GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 166 168 166 161 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 61.5 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 165 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 112%
ZOOM H1 SD R&W 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 24GB free, PID 0120 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.09% Terrible	Read 5 Write 3.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 3.5 5% 4.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.1 137% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 7.09% Great: 7%
Inateck FE2005 4TB 1.5TB free, PID 2590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 329 390 365 364 370 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	210% Outstanding	Read 342 Write 342 Mixed 302 SusWrite 350 456% 334 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 23.8 1,770% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 33.3 DQ Mixed 27 2,140% 28.1 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 115%

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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 $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 $40	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