Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88% 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	154% 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	Oct 11 '17 at 04:19
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 647 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% 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: 2176 MHz, MLim: 2135 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 1.31 Parallax 95.2 93% 70.3 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 96 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Cx2-8b256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB 2,143 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 48811QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,567 Write 748 Mixed 992 243% 1,102 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 24.9 146% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 23.4 33% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 154% 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 above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896895157 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1035 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 930 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5635 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5635 (C2) HDA temperature 183 183 206159609886 (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 100 100 874 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1202343933 (F2) Unknown 100 100 849676437	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 170 Mixed 173 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 656GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 134 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 171 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 551 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 28 (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	49.4% Average	Read 83.2 Write 88.5 Mixed 85.9 65% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.27 107% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 447GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186730269 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4560 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 19 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 5131404957 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2256 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1581407616 (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 71 58 538771485 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 25 186730269 (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	72.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 127 Mixed 118 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.64 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.6% 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 (86^th percentile)	40.8% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.8% 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) $29	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