Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.5% 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	194% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '21 at 15:35
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$59 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 140 2-Core 300 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 588 79% 590 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 91.8 Reflection 105 Parallax 95.9 75% 97.6 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 94 77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Cx2-8b256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB 2,143 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 48811QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 588 631 635 625 603 595 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,332 Write 789 Mixed 644 SusWrite 613 188% 844 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 63 223% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 800 DQ Write 733 DQ Mixed 660 524% 731 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 208%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 204 203 204 204 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 164 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 203 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XTFG5R-HYA 2x4GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 25 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 24 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 99%

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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 $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,052x
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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