Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics137% 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 Drive118% 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.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01NYPT
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171213
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 14 '18 at 22:24
Run Duration124 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 (34th percentile)
71.4% Very good
Memory 77
1-Core 95.1
2-Core 165
66% 112 Pts
4-Core 354
8-Core 576
57% 465 Pts
64-Core 601
37% 601 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 71.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
137% Outstanding
Lighting 180
Reflection 185
Parallax 222
147% 196 fps
MRender 241
Gravity 187
Splatting 128
145% 185 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 137%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 256GB
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 278 267 262 256 248 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 878
Write 306
Mixed 390
SusWrite 272
102% 462 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 88.7
4K Mixed 37.9
141% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 661
DQ Write 371
DQ Mixed 502
377% 511 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 118%
Great: 137%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
770GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 192 191 191 192 193 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 198
Write 182
Mixed 83.3
SusWrite 191
119% 164 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 111%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
34.6% Below average
MC Read 12.4
MC Write 12
MC Mixed 10.8
34% 11.7 GB/s
SC Read 10.6
SC Write 9.6
SC Mixed 9
28% 9.73 GB/s
Latency 86.2
46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 34.6%
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 1,724 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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HDDRAMUSB
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