Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170223
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '17 at 03:42
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (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 i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 210 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 406 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 107 86% 109 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 100 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 662GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^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 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 191 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 56 188979675165 (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 138916528 (F7) Unknown 100 100 4362567 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2349293 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3543 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	77.1% Very good	Read 476 Write 340 Mixed 337 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 21.6 89% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 43 84% 171 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 104%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 12 59GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 55GB free Firmware: X413 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.3% Good	Read 502 Write 210 Mixed 310 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 18.8 80% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 47.6 64% 110 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC27 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 177 Mixed 160 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
Drobo 5C 70.5TB 404 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 65TB free, PID 3443 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 42.3 Write 40.9 Mixed 39.9 53% 41 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.79 181% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 83%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	448x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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