Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics114% 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 Drive152% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
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, 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, 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
Memory20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170210
Uptime1.4 Days
Run DateMay 14 '17 at 12:32
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 13%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th 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 (96th percentile)
80% Very good
Memory 88.4
1-Core 110
2-Core 216
79% 138 Pts
4-Core 386
8-Core 633
62% 510 Pts
64-Core 634
39% 634 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 80%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Lighting 161
Reflection 140
Parallax 121
131% 140 fps
MRender 108
Gravity 126
Splatting 103
91% 112 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 114%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4881 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
152% Outstanding
Read 1,643
Write 511
Mixed 747
211% 967 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 88.7
4K Mixed 33.2
127% 48.9 MB/s
DQ Read 462
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 18.8
110% 256 MB/s
Poor: 113%
This bench: 152%
Great: 206%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1TB free
Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
95.6% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 151
Mixed 164
125% 166 MB/s
4K Read 0.62
4K Write 1.51
4K Mixed 0.18
74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 95.6%
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)
73.2% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 23.1
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 27.5
SC Mixed 21.5
62% 21.7 GB/s
Latency 69.1
58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 73.2%
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 1,720 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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