Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	176% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	9.7 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	20170210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 06:16
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 76.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 199 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 590 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 98 Reflection 108 120% 103 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB 1,424 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4881 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,705 Write 708 Mixed 904 242% 1,106 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 34.7 163% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 413 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 27 113% 254 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 206%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 500GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 130 130 12896174261 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 759 (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 2426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 446 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3591 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3591 (C2) HDA temperature 189 189 197569609757 (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 1827 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5590464020 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5791937764	89.4% Excellent	Read 154 Write 158 Mixed 149 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GB 1,618 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.5% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 10.7 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 7.9 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 44%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,051x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	377x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	249x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	600x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
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	304x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 1,618 samples	122x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	103x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $448

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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