Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware Aurora R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01NYPT
Memory10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171213
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateAug 06 '18 at 07:28
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 12%
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 PC Performing as expected (49th 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 above expectations (79th percentile)
76.5% Very good
Memory 86.7
1-Core 88.3
2-Core 195
71% 123 Pts
4-Core 358
8-Core 591
58% 474 Pts
64-Core 582
36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 119D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
73.5% Very good
Lighting 90
Reflection 101
Parallax 83.4
73% 91.3 fps
MRender 89.8
Gravity 89
Splatting 91.5
74% 90.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34
648GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 159 166 178 174 171 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
99.6% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 176
Mixed 84.5
SusWrite 168
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 99.6%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
38% Below average
MC Read 13.6
MC Write 13.2
MC Mixed 11.3
36% 12.7 GB/s
SC Read 10.6
SC Write 11.1
SC Mixed 10.4
31% 10.7 GB/s
Latency 70.7
56% 70.7 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 38%
Great: 42%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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