Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.9% 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	224% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '19 at 21:45
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 192 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 588 57% 469 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 139 Parallax 128 99% 130 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 123 Splatting 102 90% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 310 309 310 311 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,949 Write 1,285 Mixed 833 SusWrite 338 243% 1,101 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 74.3 254% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,145 DQ Write 977 DQ Mixed 971 752% 1,031 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 243%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 116 116 117 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 121 Write 116 Mixed 74 SusWrite 116 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 100%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 119 119 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 81.7 Write 122 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 118 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 213% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 70%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1.5TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 138 139 141 142 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 122 Write 124 Mixed 84 SusWrite 140 160% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 109% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905702-010.A00G 4x8GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 25.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 84%

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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 $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 $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