Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.7% 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	320% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 01:22
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 698 75% 595 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 139 Parallax 117 102% 127 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2080 892 803 800 804 805 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,618 Write 2,332 Mixed 1,816 SusWrite 1,031 436% 1,949 MB/s	4K Read 67.6 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 97.3 317% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,279 DQ Write 1,127 DQ Mixed 1,199 900% 1,202 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 355%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 232GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 445 437 442 444 442 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 408 Mixed 410 SusWrite 443 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 44.4 149% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 286 231% 328 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 125%
Sabrent Disk Dev 240GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 222GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 391 392 393 393 393 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.6% Good	Read 346 Write 338 Mixed 336 SusWrite 392 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 24.7 80% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 133 99% 131 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 164 165 167 162 166 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 94.8 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 162 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3H1 2x8GB 1,002 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 84%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,330x
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	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 $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