Alienware Aurora R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R5  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01NYPT
Memory20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 05 '17 at 00:55
Run Duration90 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 12%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (86th 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 (98th percentile)
81.3% Excellent
Memory 83.2
1-Core 116
2-Core 227
80% 142 Pts
4-Core 428
8-Core 644
67% 536 Pts
64-Core 646
40% 646 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 145
Parallax 122
111% 135 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 131
Splatting 106
94% 116 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
844GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
98.7% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 153
Mixed 154
125% 166 MB/s
4K Read 0.49
4K Write 2.11
4K Mixed 0.23
85% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 98.7%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 24GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
70.3% Very good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 27.3
MC Mixed 21.8
71% 24.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 26
SC Mixed 21.7
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 74.8
54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 25%
This bench: 70.3%
Great: 72%

 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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