Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.6% 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	167% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 18:12
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 (91^st percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 198 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 562 57% 460 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 119E) ≥ 4GB; gigabyte CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.6% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 134 Parallax 115 103% 125 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 120 Splatting 99.2 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB 1,424 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4881 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 433 437 431 417 403 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,329 Write 659 Mixed 607 SusWrite 433 167% 757 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 53.7 184% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 806 DQ Write 536 DQ Mixed 536 436% 626 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 206%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 197 195 197 196 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 174 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 196 118% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 786GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 100 99 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 79 Write 78.5 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 98.9 98% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 44%
Maxtor OneTouch 500GB 752 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 146GB free, PID 7310 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 43 42 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 35.7 Write 5.2 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 42 29% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.8 43% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 21%

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 below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.6% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 7.7 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 42%

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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	1,041x
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 $40	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