Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	18.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200616
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '20 at 15:24
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 74.2 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 188 68% 120 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 494 54% 428 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.3% 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 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.5% Poor	Lighting 33.3 Reflection 38.5 Parallax 31.2 27% 34.3 fps	MRender 47.6 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 43.5 34% 41.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,502 Write 1,058 Mixed 519 226% 1,026 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 49.4 180% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 800 DQ Write 542 DQ Mixed 679 504% 673 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 226GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 198 7.2 7.4 6.7 7.2 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 483 Write 388 Mixed 357 SusWrite 99.8 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 22 110% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 31.9 83% 171 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 92%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 376GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 304GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 12 13 13 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 79.8 Write 64.3 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 13 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 92%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 4,498 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 125GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 35 21 24 36 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 120 Write 117 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 31.8 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 193% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 110%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 4,498 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 511GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 19 14 29 36 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 129 Write 119 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 26 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 110%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 322GB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 122GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 8.9 9.1 9.4 8.9 9.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 58.7 Write 26.5 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 9.1 25% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 133% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 95%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 137GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 128GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 12 13 13 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 134 Write 89.6 Mixed 68 SusWrite 12.7 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 32GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 91.9 44% 91.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 76%

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

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,043x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	376x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	592x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	315x
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	129x
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	102x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16