Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics76.8% 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 Drive111% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01NYPT
Memory4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200616
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateJan 25 '22 at 13:03
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 12%
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 PC Performing as expected (55th 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 95.7
1-Core 128
2-Core 228
87% 150 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 694
70% 566 Pts
64-Core 700
43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.09
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76.8% Very good
Lighting 94.9
Reflection 108
Parallax 97.8
77% 100 fps
MRender 90.4
Gravity 92.5
Splatting 93.9
76% 92.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 146 165 152 152 149 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 913
Write 760
Mixed 544
SusWrite 157
132% 593 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 39
143% 60 MB/s
DQ Read 827
DQ Write 106
DQ Mixed 148
190% 360 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 111%
Great: 141%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
165GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 114 118 116 115 117 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
63.7% Good
Read 107
Write 102
Mixed 79.2
SusWrite 115
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 63.7%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston XTFG5R-HYA 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
83% Excellent
MC Read 32.3
MC Write 31.4
MC Mixed 23.5
83% 29.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 32
SC Mixed 25.6
72% 25.3 GB/s
Latency 54.9
73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 83%
Great: 99%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R5 Builds (Compare 1,734 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 $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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