Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 109%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics122% 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 Drive302% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware Aurora R6  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07HV66
Memory27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170605
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateAug 23 '17 at 05:04
Run Duration186 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th 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)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 84.5
1-Core 129
2-Core 254
86% 156 Pts
4-Core 484
8-Core 705
74% 595 Pts
64-Core 704
44% 704 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing below potential (47th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 169
Reflection 187
Parallax 160
138% 172 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 167
Splatting 117
109% 134 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 122%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130
888GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 409
Mixed 415
99% 444 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 68.9
4K Mixed 47.6
166% 53.9 MB/s
DQ Read 318
DQ Write 199
DQ Mixed 127
130% 215 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 108%
Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249
849GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
302% Outstanding
Read 2,631
Write 1,840
Mixed 1,762
460% 2,078 MB/s
4K Read 51.9
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 63.8
219% 75.3 MB/s
DQ Read 513
DQ Write 224
DQ Mixed 153
170% 296 MB/s
Poor: 168%
This bench: 302%
Great: 363%
Seagate ST6000NE0021-2EN11C 6TB
5.5TB free
Firmware: EN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 168
Mixed 167
130% 173 MB/s
4K Read 1.42
4K Write 4.17
4K Mixed 0.36
177% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 101%
Great: 125%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
780GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
64.9% Good
Read 119
Write 107
Mixed 111
85% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.54
4K Write 1.28
4K Mixed 0.14
62% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 64.9%
Great: 75%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8
25GB free, PID 5581
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
41.1% Average
Read 157
Write 45.1
Mixed 68.4
95% 90.1 MB/s
4K Read 8.07
4K Write 2.16
4K Mixed 0.58
123% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 41.1%
Great: 38%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
81.1% Excellent
MC Read 29.3
MC Write 31.3
MC Mixed 25.7
82% 28.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 32.7
SC Mixed 25.9
73% 25.6 GB/s
Latency 72.6
55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 81.1%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R6 Builds (Compare 2,122 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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