Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.5% 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	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160902
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 20:29
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 215 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 609 59% 483 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.4% 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 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.66 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 109 Parallax 99.5 80% 102 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 96.5 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14169 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 855 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 259 (AE) Unknown 100 100 198 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 60 171799740451 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 59198943772 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1902638636 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2494429501	76.4% Very good	Read 473 Write 392 Mixed 390 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 29.2 96% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 36 DQ Mixed 41.2 41% 68.1 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 107%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 40GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 42 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 51 (A3) Unknown 100 100 557 (94) Unknown 100 100 13928 (95) Unknown 100 100 223 (96) Unknown 100 100 54 (97) Unknown 100 100 191 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5358 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37530063994908 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 47236 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27870 (F5) Unknown 100 100 63291 (F6) Unknown 100 100 55712 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	69.9% Good	Read 476 Write 235 Mixed 258 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 21 92% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 45.9 75% 148 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 100 85803496 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1641 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87699539 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131335 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 52 740163627 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33761 (C2) HDA temperature 43 48 60129542187 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 115 100 85803496 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 2572685412724 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29161839749 (F2) Unknown 100 253 356288992924	80.5% Excellent	Read 168 Write 111 Mixed 84.9 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 6.01 4K Mixed 0.58 213% 2.49 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GB 1,618 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	38.5% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.2 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.7 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 44%

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System: Alienware Aurora R5

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,037x
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	590x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	312x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc300Bench 119%, 4,485 samples	129x
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	299x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 1,618 samples	120x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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