Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	161% 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

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 00:03
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 667 73% 580 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Dell(1028 119A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 185 Parallax 185 139% 180 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 148 Splatting 107 99% 122 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 512GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,394 Write 713 Mixed 819 215% 976 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 18.3 139% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 541 DQ Write 439 DQ Mixed 25.2 146% 335 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 167%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 843GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 113 Write 101 Mixed 109 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 6466 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5759 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 758 (10) Unknown 3 197 67032894444 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5566 (C2) HDA temperature 106 97 44 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 122 Mixed 112 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 1,415 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.5 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 95%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,037x
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	312x
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	299x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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