Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	137% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200616
Uptime	17.4 Days
Run Date	May 28 '22 at 16:55
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 597 58% 477 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.1% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.8% Very good	Lighting 91 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.3 74% 96.5 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 93.4 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Cx2-8b256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB 2,143 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 48811QC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 268 274 255 261 250 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1,223 Write 561 Mixed 631 SusWrite 268 148% 671 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 53.9 181% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 53 124% 253 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 208%
Intel SSDSC2BG800G4R 800GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 179GB free Firmware: G201DL20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 355 390 394 400 388 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 284 Write 172 Mixed 263 SusWrite 354 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 35.8 130% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 82.1 DQ Mixed 127 76% 79.5 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 293GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 92 93 90 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 183 Write 179 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 91.2 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 0GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 22.6 Write 10.2 Mixed 8.5 15% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.6 179% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 7% Great: 17%

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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	38.9% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 12.2 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 42%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 49%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,046x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	376x
Core i5-6400Intel $77Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	595x
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	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	301x
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 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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