Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.2% 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	105% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161111
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 07:18
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$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 (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 215 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 643 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.9% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.2% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 103 Parallax 85.2 78% 94.5 fps	MRender 87.2 Gravity 83.7 Splatting 86.4 70% 85.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 1,457 Write 199 Mixed 143 127% 600 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 34.1 4K Mixed 36.4 67% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 0.13 67% 166 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 141%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 702GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 766 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1200 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 390 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9713 (C2) HDA temperature 102 94 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 82 (F1) Unknown 200 200 3416991709 (F2) Unknown 200 200 1744866443	93.6% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 156 Mixed 148 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.34 113% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x16GB 15,722 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.9% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 12.2 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 115%

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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 $400Bench 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 $45	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