Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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.
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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.6% 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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	32.7 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	800 x 480 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '19 at 15:32
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 219 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 646 62% 512 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 98 Parallax 92.4 85% 98.1 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 76.9 79% 99.5 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 9GB free Firmware: MU02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 448 Write 428 Mixed 310 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 36.3 133% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 154 136% 201 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 113%
Inateck ASM1153E 500GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 242GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 72 72 72 72 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	7.62% Terrible	Read 60.3 Write 60 Mixed 40 SusWrite 71.9 13% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 3% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 7.62% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 72 96 108 107 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 110 Write 116 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 95.2 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 109%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 105GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 55 54 53 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 59 Mixed 41 SusWrite 54 39% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 63%
Innostor Innostor 64GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 36GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 50 50 50 50 50 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 115 Write 61.2 Mixed 65 SusWrite 50.1 90% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 34% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 40GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.6 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 20.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 78%

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

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	447x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 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	57x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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