Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	4.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200616
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '22 at 18:35
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$40 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 193 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 283 37% 280 Pts	64-Core 282 17% 282 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2962) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.6% Below average	Lighting 40.3 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 37.2 33% 40.3 fps	MRender 37.1 Gravity 37 Splatting 33.8 29% 36 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 141 70 69 73 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 383 Mixed 351 SusWrite 131 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 52.2 179% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 360 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 131%
MB4000GCWLV 4TB 452 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 253GB free Firmware: HPG3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 105 104 104 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 110 Mixed 70.9 SusWrite 104 71% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 98%
WD Elements 2621 2TB 11,378 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 131 Write 107 Mixed 62 120% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 48% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 0420 DDR4 2400 2OZ 12GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64.5% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 21.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 64%

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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	1,041x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	375x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	591x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	314x
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	128x
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	101x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16