Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
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 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.1% 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 Drive116% 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
Memory10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200305
Uptime3.2 Days
Run DateSep 24 '20 at 13:00
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU4%
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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 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
81.1% Excellent
Memory 87.7
1-Core 128
2-Core 207
82% 141 Pts
4-Core 402
8-Core 638
64% 520 Pts
64-Core 670
42% 670 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 119D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.1% Excellent
Lighting 99
Reflection 113
Parallax 93.3
81% 102 fps
MRender 95.1
Gravity 93.6
Splatting 99.5
79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
192GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 223 207 208 224 218 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 678
Write 366
Mixed 353
SusWrite 227
90% 406 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 44.8
177% 69.2 MB/s
DQ Read 745
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 466
342% 465 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 116%
Great: 141%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
2TB free
Firmware: MX4OAD30
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 189 190 194 189 191 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 200
Mixed 29.9
SusWrite 191
110% 153 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 109%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.9% Average
MC Read 13.7
MC Write 14.2
MC Mixed 11.9
38% 13.3 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 14.9
SC Mixed 14.4
40% 14 GB/s
Latency 69.8
57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 40.9%
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 1,721 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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