Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware Aurora R6  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07HV66
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170223
Uptime18.8 Days
Run DateJul 12 '17 at 00:02
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 16%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th 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 (97th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Memory 90.7
1-Core 110
2-Core 220
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 416
8-Core 598
64% 507 Pts
64-Core 608
38% 608 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.63
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 146
Parallax 135
108% 138 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 126
Splatting 105
92% 113 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OAC70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
72.8% Very good
Read 118
Write 136
Mixed 130
96% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.41
4K Write 1.72
4K Mixed 0.11
61% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 72.8%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KYXC0V-MIB 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
44.6% Average
MC Read 16.4
MC Write 15.5
MC Mixed 12.7
42% 14.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 14.7
SC Mixed 13.1
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 66.2
60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 37%
This bench: 44.6%
Great: 46%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R6 Builds (Compare 2,123 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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