Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	291% 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.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '23 at 04:27
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (94^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 205 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 560 57% 462 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.29 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 139 Parallax 127 107% 132 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 138 Splatting 116 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WD Blue SN580 50 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 291% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 281010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1003 1791 2082 1971 2074 2054 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,134 Write 2126 Mixed 1,843 SusWrite 1,829 447% 1,983 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.7 209% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 812 DQ Write 519 DQ Mixed 617 473% 649 MB/s
Poor: 237% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 353%
Samsung 883 DCT 3.84TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 3.5TB free Firmware: HXT7104Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 455 455 456 455 455 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 438 Mixed 389 SusWrite 452 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 39.2 132% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 324 247% 334 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	23.8"	1280 720	SAM7095 LF24T450F

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Workstation 49%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,047x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	377x
Core i5-6400Intel $74Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	595x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
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	302x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 1,618 samples	121x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	102x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16