Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01NYPT
Memory11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171213
Uptime18 Days
Run DateAug 08 '20 at 01:49
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User PNG-User
Background CPU 19%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th 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)
84.4% Excellent
Memory 90.5
1-Core 122
2-Core 227
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 423
8-Core 630
66% 527 Pts
64-Core 624
39% 624 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.23
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 138
Parallax 129
103% 131 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 129
Splatting 107
94% 116 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 100%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB
190GB free
Firmware: 48811QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 842 836 838 858 818 778 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
208% Outstanding
Read 1,433
Write 878
Mixed 618
SusWrite 828
209% 939 MB/s
4K Read 41.5
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 53.4
201% 75.5 MB/s
DQ Read 859
DQ Write 890
DQ Mixed 690
570% 813 MB/s
Poor: 113%
This bench: 208%
Great: 206%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 31 37 42 37 46 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
14.4% Very poor
Read 12.5
Write 43.8
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 37.5
22% 29.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
64% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 14.4%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
74.8% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 23.8
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 22.5
63% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 66.5
60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 74.8%
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 1,724 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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