Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive132% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
SystemAlienware Aurora R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01NYPT
Memory27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170210
Uptime2.7 Days
Run DateApr 03 '17 at 23:46
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 88.6
1-Core 107
2-Core 218
78% 138 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 619
62% 506 Pts
64-Core 628
39% 628 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 119E) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 142
Parallax 122
110% 133 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 127
Splatting 104
92% 114 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB
3GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4881 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
132% Outstanding
Read 1,505
Write 600
Mixed 768
210% 958 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 64.6
4K Mixed 18.4
94% 35.6 MB/s
DQ Read 31.7
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 23.9
64% 126 MB/s
Poor: 113%
This bench: 132%
Great: 206%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1TB free
Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
97.6% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 162
Mixed 154
124% 165 MB/s
4K Read 0.77
4K Write 1.48
4K Mixed 0.2
81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 97.6%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 32GB
2133, 2133 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
73.9% Very good
MC Read 26.9
MC Write 28.3
MC Mixed 23.4
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 28
SC Mixed 21.8
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 68.9
58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 74%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R5 Builds (Compare 1,724 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht

System: Alienware Aurora R5

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $312
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