Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.8% 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)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200616
Uptime	33.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '22 at 15:49
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	77%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 205 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 616 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1138) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.8% Below average	Lighting 40.4 Reflection 43.6 Parallax 39.1 33% 41 fps	MRender 36.1 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 34.3 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 125 112 150 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 158 Write 149 Mixed 70.9 SusWrite 125 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 114%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 40 40 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 36.8 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 39.5 51% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,053x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	377x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	249x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	601x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc300Bench 119%, 4,485 samples	132x
NVMe LITEON 256GBCx2-8b256-q11Bench 168%, 2,143 samples	129x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	51x

RAM
HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GBHynixBench 39%, 5,448 samples	304x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 1,618 samples	123x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	103x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $448

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Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $397