Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics93.1% 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 Drive144% 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.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01NYPT
Memory27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180713
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateAug 15 '19 at 20:07
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 24%
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 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Memory 90.5
1-Core 111
2-Core 249
84% 150 Pts
4-Core 438
8-Core 652
68% 545 Pts
64-Core 679
42% 679 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 119E) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
93.1% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 130
Parallax 109
97% 119 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 118
Splatting 97
86% 105 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 93.1%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 186 190 176 176 156 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
144% Outstanding
Read 1,056
Write 490
Mixed 411
SusWrite 200
118% 539 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 141
4K Mixed 43.5
188% 74.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,010
DQ Write 452
DQ Mixed 561
461% 674 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 144%
Great: 172%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
564GB free
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 182 179 181 179 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 175
Mixed 85.5
SusWrite 179
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 104%
Great: 114%
BUFFALO External HDD 1TB
178GB free, PID 0105
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
20.9% Poor
Read 36
Write 21.3
Mixed 35.3
SusWrite 42
46% 33.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 20.9%
Great: 23%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
73.6% Very good
MC Read 25.6
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 23.3
73% 25.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 29.6
SC Mixed 24.3
68% 23.8 GB/s
Latency 66.5
60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 73.6%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R5 Builds (Compare 1,723 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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