Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.2% 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	172% 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	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.

Run History

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware ÿÿÿÿÿÿ
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '17 at 04:58
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 654 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2048 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.1 88% 108 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 101 80% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Cx2-8b256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB 2,143 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 48811QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,703 Write 759 Mixed 1,021 255% 1,161 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 48.5 176% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 27.3 35% 59.1 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 208%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 916GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 131 131 12896370864 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 808 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3785 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3785 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 206159609888 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 617 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1012029309 (F2) Unknown 100 100 729663373	107% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 191 Mixed 185 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.22 92% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 685GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 134 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 71 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 507 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.8% Very good	Read 133 Write 131 Mixed 120 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.27 107% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 463GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41105656 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4322 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 19 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 5131180115 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2136 (B4) Unknown 100 100 919319789 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 26 41105656 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 19 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	71.9% Very good	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 121 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.62 131% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.8 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 42%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,043x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	376x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	592x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	315x
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	129x
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	102x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16