Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 171% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	216% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	197% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '23 at 00:15
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	TTO-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 (49^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 577 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,148 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Dell(1028 3880) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	216% Outstanding	Lighting 321 Reflection 307 Parallax 342 262% 323 fps	MRender 350 Gravity 260 Splatting 195 211% 268 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 723 841 999 908 1282 1301 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 958 Write 201 Mixed 874 SusWrite 1009 170% 761 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 59.2 194% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,004 DQ Write 656 DQ Mixed 696 556% 786 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 235%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 277GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 390 386 401 357 345 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 428 Mixed 395 SusWrite 376 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 49.8 168% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 271 229% 334 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 EVO 250GB 306 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 491GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 409 407 423 409 412 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 480 Write 448 Mixed 416 SusWrite 410 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 51.8 178% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 132%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 849GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 162 164 163 164 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 146 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 161 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 2x16GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 83%

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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 $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