Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	155% 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	14.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200616
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 16:06
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 71.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 234 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 620 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.3% Very good	Lighting 89.1 Reflection 104 Parallax 93.4 73% 95.6 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 92.8 75% 90.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Cx2-8b256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB 2,143 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 48811QC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 271 260 265 251 258 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,266 Write 588 Mixed 594 SusWrite 268 150% 679 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 53 188% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 839 DQ Write 485 DQ Mixed 586 456% 637 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 208%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 397GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 297 307 308 308 308 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 431 Write 392 Mixed 241 SusWrite 302 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 35.1 115% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 234 200% 296 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 108%
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 151GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 246 259 166 213 255 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 386 Write 262 Mixed 290 SusWrite 225 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 32.2 120% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 180 166% 255 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 574GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 178 181 180 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 141 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 176 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Multiple Card Reader 32GB 477 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 9.8 10 9.6 9.6 9.6 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 17.1 Write 7.2 Mixed 14.6 SusWrite 9.6 16% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 3 172% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 20%
ST332062 0AS 320GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 176GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 35 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 18.9 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 33.9 37% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 19%
ST2000DM 001-9YN164 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 1TB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 33.5 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 4.4 32% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 71% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133 C14 Series Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1302 2133 C14 Series 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 97.3 41% 97.3 ns

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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 $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,051x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	377x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	249x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	600x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc300Bench 119%, 4,485 samples	132x
NVMe LITEON 256GBCx2-8b256-q11Bench 168%, 2,143 samples	129x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	50x

RAM
HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GBHynixBench 39%, 5,448 samples	304x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 1,618 samples	122x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	103x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $448

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16