Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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.
Graphics78% 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 Drive138% 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.
SystemAlienware Aurora R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01NYPT
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180713
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 19 '18 at 05:50
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (80th 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 91
1-Core 122
2-Core 240
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 652
63% 516 Pts
64-Core 651
40% 651 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78% Very good
Lighting 96.3
Reflection 107
Parallax 90.1
78% 97.9 fps
MRender 91.3
Gravity 91.8
Splatting 97.3
77% 93.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 256GB
210GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 402 405 410 404 405 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
138% Outstanding
Read 986
Write 414
Mixed 515
SusWrite 405
128% 580 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 42.6
162% 60.4 MB/s
DQ Read 666
DQ Write 408
DQ Mixed 491
378% 521 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 138%
Great: 137%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28
1GB free
Firmware: MS2OA810
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 196
Write 186
Mixed 38.5
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
77.2% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 29.3
MC Mixed 24.1
77% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 29.8
SC Mixed 25.4
70% 24.5 GB/s
Latency 65.8
61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R5 Builds (Compare 1,730 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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