Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.4% 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	80.2% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 04:24
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 238 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 656 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.3% 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: 1620 MHz, MLim: 2005 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 63.8 56% 68.9 fps	MRender 75.7 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 56.5 52% 65.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U128G1122 128GB 823 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4162000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1401 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (A5) Unknown 100 100 42982769079 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 62 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 66 283469152289 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1206888562969 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 354 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1869 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1490 (F2) Unknown 253 253 969 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.2% Excellent	Read 492 Write 319 Mixed 381 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 22.5 94% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 58.3 104% 207 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 660GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 108426994 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81312519 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1298 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 640024614 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3773 (C2) HDA temperature 38 4 17179869222 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 108426994 (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 100 253 109779364090224 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5798395060 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17357136585	89.9% Excellent	Read 163 Write 151 Mixed 135 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 61%

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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 $245Bench 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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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16