Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.5% 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 Drive184% 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware Aurora R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01NYPT
Memory5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160902
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateNov 09 '16 at 01:55
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th 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 (96th percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Memory 93.5
1-Core 127
2-Core 242
87% 154 Pts
4-Core 460
8-Core 703
72% 582 Pts
64-Core 706
44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 119D) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
83.5% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 113
Parallax 92.7
85% 103 fps
MRender 97.2
Gravity 98.2
Splatting 101
81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB
132GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4881 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
184% Outstanding
Read 1,834
Write 766
Mixed 995
263% 1,198 MB/s
4K Read 45.6
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 33.1
184% 72 MB/s
DQ Read 48.9
DQ Write 393
DQ Mixed 32.7
81% 158 MB/s
Poor: 113%
This bench: 184%
Great: 206%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
77GB free
Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
70.1% Very good
Read 469
Write 191
Mixed 246
66% 302 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 15.8
112% 48.4 MB/s
DQ Read 123
DQ Write 211
DQ Mixed 39.3
66% 124 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 85%
Hitachi HMS5C4040BLE640 4TB
2.5TB free
Firmware: MPAOA5D0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
61.6% Good
Read 113
Write 102
Mixed 116
83% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.63
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.19
79% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 61.6%
Great: 73%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
75.1% Very good
MC Read 28
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 21.3
74% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 29.8
SC Mixed 24.3
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 61
66% 61 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R5 Builds (Compare 1,720 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) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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