Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79% 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 Drive	131% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 21:34
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 693 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 110 Parallax 102 80% 103 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 91.8 Splatting 95.7 77% 94 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 256GB 3,798 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 400 401 403 402 403 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 950 Write 404 Mixed 502 SusWrite 402 125% 564 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 38.1 143% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 684 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 497 383% 529 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 137%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 194 192 195 195 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 150 Mixed 85 SusWrite 194 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 20,415 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 22.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 87%

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

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 55%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,330x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	447x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	458x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	389x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	57x
PC300 SK hy 256GBNvmeBench 113%, 3,798 samples	48x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	228x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	158x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	75x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $299

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16