Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	99.8% 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	184% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170223
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '17 at 12:52
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$248 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 832 90% 712 Pts	64-Core 834 52% 834 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.8% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 140 Parallax 127 103% 131 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seatay HD623 8TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 2.5TB free Firmware: 8105 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.2% Very poor	Read 165 Write 154 Mixed 114 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 8.29 4K Mixed 0.79 6% 3.26 MB/s	DQ Read 1.35 DQ Write 14.4 DQ Mixed 1 3% 5.58 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 18%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$75 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 390GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 136 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 56 188979740703 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3022139233 (F7) Unknown 100 100 94497148 (F8) Unknown 100 100 6017402 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3563 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	67.3% Good	Read 480 Write 326 Mixed 337 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 13.6 79% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 13.7 41% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 104%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 512GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 239GB free Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C2) HDA temperature 68 62 163209674784 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	81.4% Excellent	Read 492 Write 454 Mixed 487 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 22.1 105% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 92.5 DQ Mixed 21.5 27% 46 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 105%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,654 Write 716 Mixed 612 217% 994 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 55.8 209% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 46.1 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 150 139% 201 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 141%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179519376 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 848 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61852052 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 833 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 50 210456674354 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 605224995 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 910 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 51539607587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 99 179519376 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -7249904790679 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17103347464 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41568696508
Poor: 21% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 32GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2400, 2133, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.3 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 82%

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Gaming 64%

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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	1,342x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	462x
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	700x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	465x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	393x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	61x
PC300 SK hy 256GBNvmeBench 113%, 3,798 samples	49x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	229x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	158x
HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 3,066 samples	75x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16