Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45.9% 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	42.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200616
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '21 at 15:29
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing as expected (47^th 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 above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 87.9 2-Core 202 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 394 50% 380 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Dell(1028 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.9% Average	Lighting 55.5 Reflection 65.4 Parallax 59.6 45% 60.2 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 57.3 Splatting 52.4 47% 58.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 3.9 69 3.1 44 4.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 409 Write 323 Mixed 273 SusWrite 37.9 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 17.5 70% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 84.6 DQ Write 42.8 DQ Mixed 29.4 31% 52.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 606GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 168 173 175 175 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 162 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 171 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.3 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 75%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	6	60	31.5"	1280 720	BBY0050 NS-32D220NA18

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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	1,043x
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 $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