Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics92.8% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemAlienware Aurora R6  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07HV66
Memory17.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181107
Uptime10.6 Days
Run DateMar 09 '19 at 11:36
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 35%

 PC Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
82.1% Excellent
Memory 88.6
1-Core 122
2-Core 232
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 410
8-Core 576
62% 493 Pts
64-Core 655
40% 655 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.1%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499
Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.91
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
92.8% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 114
Parallax 108
98% 114 fps
MRender 84.7
Gravity 140
Splatting 85
83% 103 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 92.8%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
299GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OAC70
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 97 109 79 100 118 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
65% Good
Read 124
Write 118
Mixed 30
SusWrite 102
68% 93.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
126% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 65%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.8% Good
MC Read 25.1
MC Write 27.7
MC Mixed 22.4
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 24.1
SC Mixed 18
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 68.9
58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 69.8%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R6 Builds (Compare 2,118 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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