Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 19:02
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 i7-6700-$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)	79.2% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 208 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 618 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.2% 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 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 72.3 91% 87.9 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 88.5 Splatting 93.3 75% 91.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: DN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 64 9913103 (03) Spinup time 85 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 31 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 114932878 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 43 857931826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 787 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 54 (C2) HDA temperature 50 57 85899345970 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 11 1 9913103 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -88283052768778 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7203290121 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4755809659	92.8% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 141 Mixed 161 122% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.39 133% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 118%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 145 Write 91.8 Mixed 85.1 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.2 53% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 794GB free Firmware: 0911 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 119 Mixed 127 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 103%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 774GB free Firmware: D781 Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 119 Write 103 Mixed 94.3 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 2.05 4K Write 5.52 4K Mixed 0.58 252% 2.72 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 98%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 265GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 114 Mixed 101 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.11 52% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 104%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 90GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 144 Write 30 Mixed 41.3 70% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.95 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.51 56% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 8,162 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 21.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $76Bench 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 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16