Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	301% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170223
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 19:48
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$250 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 238 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 776 81% 649 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 120F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2827 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 210 Parallax 198 150% 198 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 178 Splatting 127 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$139 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 468GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2101 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 453 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 53 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13310648237	113% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 401 Mixed 420 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 49.6 179% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 134 143% 239 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 2,943 Write 1,253 Mixed 1,587 423% 1,928 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 79.2 273% 97.1 MB/s	DQ Read 556 DQ Write 441 DQ Mixed 233 246% 410 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116183984 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 424 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6022501 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 229 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 61 336723988 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15880 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 64424509460 (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 107769319392270 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6730689303 (F2) Unknown 100 253 211937735022	95.2% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 159 Mixed 160 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G3B1 1x16GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 46%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,328x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	447x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	260x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	695x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	456x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	388x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	57x
PC300 SK hy 256GBNvmeBench 113%, 3,798 samples	48x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	227x
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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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