Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	179% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	150% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200305
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '21 at 03:00
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 576 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Zotac(19DA 1612) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	179% Outstanding	Lighting 257 Reflection 236 Parallax 259 209% 251 fps	MRender 295 Gravity 221 Splatting 166 179% 227 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 270 260 254 223 264 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 993 Write 1,013 Mixed 836 SusWrite 286 175% 782 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 65.1 173% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,003 DQ Write 658 DQ Mixed 760 586% 807 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 235%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 178GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 377 369 365 366 367 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 388 Mixed 378 SusWrite 382 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 43.8 138% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 248 212% 313 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 117%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 65GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 149 152 169 159 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 138 Write 117 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 159 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 4x8GB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	67.2% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 19.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 118%

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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	1,037x
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	312x
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	299x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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