Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics96.8% 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 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.
SystemAlienware Aurora R6  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07HV66
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170712
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateSep 14 '18 at 23:30
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (54th 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 (94th percentile)
83.2% Excellent
Memory 86.2
1-Core 125
2-Core 245
85% 152 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 688
69% 560 Pts
64-Core 690
43% 690 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
96.8% Outstanding
Lighting 123
Reflection 136
Parallax 116
100% 125 fps
MRender 108
Gravity 121
Splatting 102
89% 110 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 96.8%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
238GB free
Firmware: 4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 232 224 222 230 230 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
163% Outstanding
Read 1,155
Write 743
Mixed 796
SusWrite 247
163% 735 MB/s
4K Read 44.4
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 63.7
222% 81.8 MB/s
DQ Read 838
DQ Write 656
DQ Mixed 722
547% 739 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 163%
Great: 141%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
528GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 118 137 152 168 165 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Read 166
Write 132
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 139
90% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
112% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.7% Good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 20.5
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 22.8
SC Mixed 21.9
58% 20.4 GB/s
Latency 71.1
56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 104%

 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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