Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics78.7% 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 Drive148% 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 R6  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07HV66
Memory10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180502
Uptime6.5 Days
Run DateAug 28 '18 at 01:12
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.5% Excellent
Memory 92.3
1-Core 128
2-Core 248
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 699
71% 572 Pts
64-Core 692
43% 692 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.95
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.7% Very good
Lighting 98.2
Reflection 110
Parallax 90.9
80% 99.8 fps
MRender 92.6
Gravity 89.6
Splatting 95.5
76% 92.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 241 206 173 218 150 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
148% Outstanding
Read 1,142
Write 756
Mixed 786
SusWrite 201
160% 721 MB/s
4K Read 43.4
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 59.5
204% 73.4 MB/s
DQ Read 835
DQ Write 371
DQ Mixed 452
375% 553 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 148%
Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
776GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 110 113 115 117 119 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
69.2% Good
Read 126
Write 126
Mixed 24.8
SusWrite 115
71% 97.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
77% Very good
MC Read 29.6
MC Write 29.6
MC Mixed 22.1
77% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 24.7
68% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 77%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R6 Builds (Compare 2,121 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht

System: Alienware Aurora R6

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $299
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HDDRAMUSB
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