Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	46.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '22 at 04:23
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Memory 87.4 1-Core 86.9 2-Core 146 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 167 8-Core 184 23% 176 Pts	64-Core 250 16% 250 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Dell(1028 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.7% Average	Lighting 56.4 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 59.8 46% 61.5 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 59.1 Splatting 53.3 48% 59.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$54 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 364GB free Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 437 377 405 425 393 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,131 Write 1302 Mixed 1,025 SusWrite 440 219% 975 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 50.6 173% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 661 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 487 388% 546 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 311%
Adata SD600Q 240GB 306 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 30GB free Firmware: 9304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 258 268 266 272 265 MB/s Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50% Average	Read 229 Write 240 Mixed 240 SusWrite 264 55% 243 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 16.3 57% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 162 121% 159 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 662GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 49 33 43 87 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 154 Write 151 Mixed 68 SusWrite 63.3 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 112%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 878 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 15GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 81 10 67 59 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 72 Write 64.7 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 62.5 83% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.8 69% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 43%
USB DISK 2.0 1GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID ffff Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	4.34% Terrible	Read 14.5 Write 4 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.4 8% 7.03 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.34% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143EB1-CPB 2x4GB 4,308 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 18.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,048x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	377x
Core i5-6400Intel $71Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	596x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
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	302x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 1,618 samples	122x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16