Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics79% 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 Drive125% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01NYPT
Memory25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171213
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJul 30 '18 at 05:52
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 16%
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 PC Performing as expected (43rd 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 below expectations (28th percentile)
70.2% Very good
Memory 80.3
1-Core 102
2-Core 189
71% 124 Pts
4-Core 325
8-Core 540
53% 432 Pts
64-Core 597
37% 597 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79% Very good
Lighting 98.2
Reflection 114
Parallax 104
80% 105 fps
MRender 93.7
Gravity 91.5
Splatting 95.6
77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 253 232 260 262 264 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
125% Outstanding
Read 1,026
Write 750
Mixed 426
SusWrite 264
137% 616 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 88
4K Mixed 41.8
146% 53.2 MB/s
DQ Read 758
DQ Write 247
DQ Mixed 348
297% 451 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 125%
Great: 141%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
102GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 88 96 98 103 104 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
58.8% Above average
Read 107
Write 94
Mixed 77.2
SusWrite 97.9
69% 94 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 58.8%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 Kingston KHX2133C14/16G 32GB
2133, 2133 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
69.2% Good
MC Read 25
MC Write 27.4
MC Mixed 22.3
71% 24.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 20.1
56% 19.7 GB/s
Latency 80
50% 80 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 69.2%
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 1,724 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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CPUGPUSSD
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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