Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	178% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 21:55
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 695 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.3% Average	Lighting 54.3 Reflection 58 Parallax 73.9 44% 62.1 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 51.5 48% 59 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme THNSN5256GVU7 TO 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 150% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4005 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	178% Outstanding	Read 1,377 Write 839 Mixed 890 229% 1,036 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 55.7 201% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 43.5 DQ Write 367 DQ Mixed 22 71% 144 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 178%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 345GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 177 7850 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 624 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 497 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15980 (C2) HDA temperature 108 99 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 837 (F1) Unknown 200 200 13250934082 (F2) Unknown 200 200 21940578456	68.9% Good	Read 115 Write 126 Mixed 115 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.21 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.15 38% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 87%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 1,804 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 005b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	6.14% Terrible	Read 23.6 Write 4.12 Mixed 5.47 10% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.65 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.003 29% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.14% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.7 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 81%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,042x
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	591x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16