Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics105% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R6  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07HV66
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170605
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 23 '17 at 05:03
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing way below expectations (15th 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 below expectations (24th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Memory 76.7
1-Core 105
2-Core 241
77% 141 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 500
56% 439 Pts
64-Core 671
42% 671 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 194
Parallax 189
103% 170 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 167
Splatting 119
110% 136 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 105%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
870GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA810 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
68.2% Good
Read 116
Write 122
Mixed 134
94% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.05
4K Write 0.22
4K Mixed 0.04
11% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KYXC0V-MID 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
37.4% Below average
MC Read 13.2
MC Write 13.3
MC Mixed 11.6
36% 12.7 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 12.8
SC Mixed 10.2
32% 11.1 GB/s
Latency 86.8
46% 86.8 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 37.4%
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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