Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 15:39
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (60^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 256 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 769 77% 627 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 120F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 184 Parallax 168 134% 173 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 162 Splatting 118 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^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 10 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 70 128850001942 (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 1127875534 (F7) Unknown 100 100 35353398 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2979186 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9182 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	76.4% Very good	Read 486 Write 349 Mixed 335 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 23.4 88% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 26.4 66% 139 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 99%
Nvme PC300 SK hy 1TB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 804GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,821 Write 1,076 Mixed 1,384 316% 1,427 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 18.7 124% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 27 71% 149 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 188%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 767GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7531 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1307 (B1) Unknown 99 99 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 170 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29364249130	110% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 500 Mixed 520 116% 517 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 44.7 157% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 97.2 108% 181 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 137GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7508 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1297 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 59 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 129 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8044184681	91.8% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 229 Mixed 339 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 42.7 153% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 106 110% 179 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 124%
Leef Supra 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 28GB free, PID 8303 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 82.1 Write 17.7 Mixed 33.8 46% 44.6 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 0.15 4K Mixed 0.06 54% 4.24 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KYXC0V-MIB 2x16GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 26 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 84%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,330x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	449x
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 $300	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 $45	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