Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics99.1% 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 Drive142% 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.
SystemAlienware Aurora R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01NYPT
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200616
Uptime1.9 Days
Run DateAug 27 '20 at 19:43
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th 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 way above expectations (92nd percentile)
88% Excellent
Memory 91.1
1-Core 90.6
2-Core 256
80% 146 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 676
71% 567 Pts
64-Core 676
42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Dell(1028 119E) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.1% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 137
Parallax 128
103% 130 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 127
Splatting 103
92% 114 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 99.1%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20003A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 404 408 408 400 406 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
142% Outstanding
Read 973
Write 413
Mixed 492
SusWrite 402
126% 570 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 42.8
173% 66.8 MB/s
DQ Read 738
DQ Write 413
DQ Mixed 494
390% 549 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 142%
Great: 142%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66
308GB free
Firmware: M3CR032
SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 373 461 465 424 409 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 446
Write 398
Mixed 368
SusWrite 404
91% 404 MB/s
4K Read 38.3
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 55.9
188% 68.3 MB/s
DQ Read 365
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 277
225% 319 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 116%
Great: 125%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 197 198 199 201 200 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 155
Write 165
Mixed 31.4
SusWrite 199
99% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2
364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
85.1% Excellent
MC Read 32.2
MC Write 34
MC Mixed 23.7
86% 30 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 37
SC Mixed 26.5
78% 27.2 GB/s
Latency 65.6
61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R5 Builds (Compare 1,730 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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