Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics92.5% 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 Drive66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191115
Uptime3.3 Days
Run DateFeb 08 '20 at 19:47
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing as expected (44th 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 (100th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Memory 88.3
1-Core 117
2-Core 230
82% 145 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 618
66% 527 Pts
64-Core 617
38% 617 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 119E) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
92.5% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 122
Parallax 110
96% 117 fps
MRender 104
Gravity 119
Splatting 94
86% 106 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 92.5%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR060
SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 220 234 225 230 217 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
66.4% Good
Read 408
Write 279
Mixed 332
SusWrite 239
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 43.8
4K Mixed 30.7
96% 32.3 MB/s
DQ Read 185
DQ Write 44.6
DQ Mixed 47.5
52% 92.3 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 66.4%
Great: 99%
Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 4TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 175 176 176 176 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive
Read 176
Write 161
Mixed 98.5
SusWrite 174
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.9
183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 16GB
2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
50.3% Above average
MC Read 18.2
MC Write 18.5
MC Mixed 14.3
49% 17 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 17.6
SC Mixed 16.8
46% 16 GB/s
Latency 69.3
58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 50.3%
Great: 73%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R5 Builds (Compare 1,721 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
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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