Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

9 days ago, 9 days ago, 9 days ago, 9 days ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170426
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 07:57
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7700-$320 77,913 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	80.6% Excellent	SC Int 121 SC Float 127 SC Mixed 121 98% 123 Pts	QC Int 383 QC Float 405 QC Mixed 379 88% 389 Pts	MC Int 572 MC Float 683 MC Mixed 627 94% 628 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$528 396,708 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Lighting 384 Reflection 365 Parallax 376 118% 375 fps	MRender 235 Gravity 382 Splatting 239 125% 285 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 4,677 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4152012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 94 91 89 92 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 436 Write 297 Mixed 222 SusWrite 97.2 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 24.9 100% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 207 179% 269 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 296,748 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 634GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 156 156 156 155 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 150 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 156 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KYXC0V-MIB 1x16GB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 12.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 14.9 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 91%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 62%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $320Bench 82%, 77,913 samples	1,759x
Core i7-7700KIntel $390Bench 95%, 247,378 samples	998x
Core i5-7400Intel $200Bench 69%, 68,307 samples	449x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $315Bench 98%, 520,403 samples	1,061x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 122%, 396,708 samples	898x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 150%, 300,167 samples	466x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 108%, 9,285 samples	881x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 121%, 8,201 samples	224x
PC300 SK hy 256GBNvmeBench 109%, 2,028 samples	160x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 75%, 4,280 samples	474x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 74%, 2,215 samples	336x
HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 963 samples	160x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $635

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $360	Nvidia GTX 1070 $315	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $78
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $148	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $220	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
Intel Core i5-8600K $260	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $110	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $750	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $120	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12