Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics67.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive121% 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.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01NYPT
Memory8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171213
Uptime8.4 Days
Run DateMar 28 '20 at 03:11
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 30%
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 PC Performing below expectations (27th 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 below expectations (18th percentile)
67.6% Good
Memory 76.5
1-Core 94.8
2-Core 171
66% 114 Pts
4-Core 318
8-Core 450
48% 384 Pts
64-Core 516
32% 516 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 67.6%
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: 441.41
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
67.4% Good
Lighting 84.6
Reflection 93
Parallax 85
69% 87.5 fps
MRender 78
Gravity 78.2
Splatting 79.4
64% 78.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 67.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20003A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 369 375 366 342 304 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
121% Outstanding
Read 853
Write 414
Mixed 494
SusWrite 351
117% 528 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 88.3
4K Mixed 35.1
135% 50.6 MB/s
DQ Read 679
DQ Write 415
DQ Mixed 496
383% 530 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 121%
Great: 142%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27
163GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 119 129 137 135 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
90.2% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 182
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 131
105% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 90.2%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
32.2% Below average
MC Read 10.5
MC Write 11.7
MC Mixed 10.3
31% 10.8 GB/s
SC Read 8.4
SC Write 10.3
SC Mixed 8.4
26% 9.03 GB/s
Latency 87.2
46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 32.2%
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 1,733 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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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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