Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.1% 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	151% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200616
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '23 at 13:03
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 612 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 126 Parallax 116 92% 119 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 126 Splatting 112 95% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 3,708 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 580 633 735 756 766 751 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 899 Write 753 Mixed 512 SusWrite 703 161% 717 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 39.4 133% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 761 DQ Write 604 DQ Mixed 690 514% 685 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 172%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 537GB 1,150 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 163GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 359 432 440 447 343 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 464 Mixed 444 SusWrite 391 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 48.4 155% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 355 269% 362 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 127%
Mercury Electra 6G SSD 500GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 299GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 334 397 403 410 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 470 Write 425 Mixed 403 SusWrite 379 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 23 103% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 33.7 87% 178 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 86%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 829GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 45 40 38 51 44 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 156 Write 31.6 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 43.2 80% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 115%

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Workstation 49%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,038x
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	590x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	313x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc300Bench 119%, 4,485 samples	129x
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	120x
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 $273	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 $178	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