Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.8% 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 Drive62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R6  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07HV66
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170712
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 14 '18 at 07:56
Run Duration95 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 22%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd 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 (99th percentile)
86% Excellent
Memory 91.3
1-Core 121
2-Core 242
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 663
68% 549 Pts
64-Core 700
43% 700 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 86%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.8% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 106
Parallax 91.7
82% 99.4 fps
MRender 94
Gravity 91.9
Splatting 97.3
78% 94.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Optane+931GBHDD 1TB
878GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15.5
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
62.4% Good
Read 575
Write 138
Mixed 21.9
52% 245 MB/s
4K Read 0.08
4K Write 0.51
4K Mixed 62.1
80% 20.9 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 92%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3H1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
75.6% Very good
MC Read 28.8
MC Write 29.1
MC Mixed 22
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 28.8
SC Mixed 23.3
66% 23.2 GB/s
Latency 65.3
61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R6 Builds (Compare 2,121 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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