Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.8% 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 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '19 at 05:42
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 687 75% 595 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2129 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 118 Parallax 0.47 86% 74.5 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 103 Splatting 108 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6255) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 1813 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32.3% Below average	Lighting 40.1 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 38.8 33% 37.3 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 38.2 32% 38.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 141GB free Firmware: 4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 325 252 225 234 234 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,138 Write 774 Mixed 792 SusWrite 250 164% 739 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 56.8 191% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 841 DQ Write 577 DQ Mixed 679 515% 699 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 789GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 97 92 97 106 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 120 Write 107 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 102 65% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 75%
Samsung HM250HJ 250GB-$30 462 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 182GB free Firmware: 2AK10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 93 93 92 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 78.5 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 91.8 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 147% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 60%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$109 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 133 134 133 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 132 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 133 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 256GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 175 177 177 176 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 150 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 175 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 113%
Asmt 2115 250GB 466 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 233GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 59 59 59 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 43.5 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 58.7 36% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43BB2-CRC 2x8GB 3,240 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 25.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 104%

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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	1,329x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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	457x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	388x
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	227x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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