Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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 Drive256% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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
Memory24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200616
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 04 '21 at 23:12
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (59th 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 (96th percentile)
79.8% Very good
Memory 85.9
1-Core 120
2-Core 236
82% 147 Pts
4-Core 397
8-Core 624
63% 510 Pts
64-Core 616
38% 616 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 466.27
Performing below potential (49th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 119
Parallax 120
106% 123 fps
MRender 140
Gravity 103
Splatting 89
88% 110 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 100%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 837 1487 1725 1651 1356 1017 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
256% Outstanding
Read 1,334
Write 1,376
Mixed 924
SusWrite 1,346
280% 1,245 MB/s
4K Read 54.4
4K Write 151
4K Mixed 75.2
259% 93.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,086
DQ Write 712
DQ Mixed 954
697% 918 MB/s
Poor: 215%
This bench: 256%
Great: 425%
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300
328GB free
Firmware: RVM01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 409 432 451 443 454 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
120% Outstanding
Read 449
Write 412
Mixed 398
SusWrite 406
94% 416 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 59.9
200% 70.7 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 329
248% 333 MB/s
Poor: 85%
This bench: 120%
Great: 132%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 18ASF2G72AZ-2G3B1 Samsung M378A2K43BB1-CPB 32GB
2133, 2133 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
73.8% Very good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 28.4
MC Mixed 23
74% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 22.8
65% 22.7 GB/s
Latency 71.3
56% 71.3 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R5 Builds (Compare 1,723 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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