Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 46%
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics73.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive90.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.
SystemAlienware Aurora R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01NYPT
Memory9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190212
Uptime6.1 Days
Run DateOct 21 '19 at 01:02
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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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 above expectations (60th percentile)
74.2% Very good
Memory 84
1-Core 94.7
2-Core 185
70% 121 Pts
4-Core 347
8-Core 536
55% 442 Pts
64-Core 569
35% 569 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 74.2%
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: 391.25
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
73.1% Very good
Lighting 89
Reflection 98.7
Parallax 96.5
72% 94.7 fps
MRender 89
Gravity 90.1
Splatting 92.5
74% 90.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 66 72 66 71 65 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
90.5% Outstanding
Read 606
Write 98
Mixed 136
SusWrite 68.7
49% 227 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 89.1
4K Mixed 25.8
134% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 926
DQ Write 92.8
DQ Mixed 171
210% 396 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 90.5%
Great: 147%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
931GB free
Firmware: RVT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 416 438 440 450 434 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 481
Write 442
Mixed 431
SusWrite 429
100% 446 MB/s
4K Read 39.4
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 48.5
175% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 360
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 331
250% 335 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 114%
Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
117GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 176 176 177 177 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
97.1% Outstanding
Read 163
Write 151
Mixed 81.7
SusWrite 176
104% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 97.1%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
39.3% Below average
MC Read 14
MC Write 13.7
MC Mixed 11.8
38% 13.2 GB/s
SC Read 9.9
SC Write 12.7
SC Mixed 12.4
33% 11.7 GB/s
Latency 73.5
54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 39.3%
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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