Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	59.3% 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)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	1.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180713
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '19 at 23:23
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 64.7 1-Core 68.1 2-Core 120 51% 84.4 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 281 34% 263 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Dell(1028 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.25 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.3% Above average	Lighting 74 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 63.8 60% 70.6 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 70.3 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB 1,424 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4881 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 735 Write 446 Mixed 356 113% 513 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 30.2 95% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 775 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 373 332% 510 MB/s
Poor: 113% Great: 206%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 296GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 70 70 68 68 67 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 84 Write 105 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 68 64% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 172% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1B1 2x4GB 752 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 11.4 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 79%

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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	1,042x
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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16