Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	266% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	20.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180223
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 20:03
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$249 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 640 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 214GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3706 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 784 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20561985507	104% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 385 Mixed 404 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 44.2 158% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 132 139% 232 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 127GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6874 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2035 (B1) Unknown 98 98 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 46 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 96 96 3788 (EB) Unknown 99 99 91 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19953306803	104% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 384 Mixed 408 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 43.5 156% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 119 133% 227 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,614 Write 1,159 Mixed 1,372 376% 1,715 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 68.2 236% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 453 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 194 201% 331 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111113200 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1037 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11001957 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 555 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 487522332 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36143 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 55834574876 (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 118188910053390 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10816939585 (F2) Unknown 100 253 228977497378	89% Excellent	Read 173 Write 138 Mixed 160 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.15 61% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G3B1 Kingston KHX2400C15/16G 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 21.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 82%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,341x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	462x
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	263x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	700x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	465x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	393x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	61x
PC300 SK hy 256GBNvmeBench 113%, 3,798 samples	49x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	229x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	158x
HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 3,066 samples	75x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16