Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	144% 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170426
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 16:36
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 88.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 259 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 701 76% 602 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 144 Parallax 121 110% 134 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,409 Write 270 Mixed 551 161% 743 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 51 170% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 560 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 146 179% 324 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 141%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23650296 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 83 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 527233 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 70 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (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 64 56 605356068 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 775 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 85899345956 (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 36962488549430 (F1) Unknown 100 253 584997336 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17553042381	109% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 183 Mixed 172 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GB 7,552 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 84%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	447x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 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	57x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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