Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	192% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190625
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 21:52
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 254 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 591 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0729) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6951 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.89% Terrible	Lighting 3.73 Reflection 6.69 Parallax 4.78 3% 5.07 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 6.73 Splatting 14.6 8% 9.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.89% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CX2-8B512-Q11 NV 512GB 1,077 User benchmarks, average bench 164% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4891 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 753 797 770 789 692 765 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,213 Write 884 Mixed 615 SusWrite 761 194% 868 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 57.3 199% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 933 DQ Write 645 DQ Mixed 601 500% 726 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 217%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 988GB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 118 124 120 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 145 Write 150 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 120 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 4x8GB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 118%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	1,040x
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	313x
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 $273	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 $179	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