Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	30.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	195% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 16:35
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 824 85% 686 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Dell(1028 3512) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Lighting 37.8 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 36.3 31% 34.8 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 36.8 Splatting 35.3 30% 36.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB 1,424 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4881 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,782 Write 682 Mixed 847 241% 1,104 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 54 201% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 597 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 171 204% 364 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 206%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 185 185 17192976594 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 107 (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 79 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 506 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 176095035427 (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 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 179 Mixed 163 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.24 105% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
SanDisk Sandisk Ultra 126GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 118GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 78.5 Write 21.1 Mixed 65.1 64% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.35 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.53 57% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.8% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 12.3 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 88%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	448x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 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	58x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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