Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	32.2 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	20190620
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '19 at 15:15
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 216 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 662 62% 517 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76% 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: 436.48 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 104 Parallax 103 87% 105 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 85.6 Splatting 76.5 76% 95.3 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct500mx5 0 431GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 156GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 358 406 405 390 372 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 412 Mixed 409 SusWrite 382 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 44.5 150% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 280 227% 321 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Inateck ASM1153E 500GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 86GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 51 51 50 51 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	5.78% Terrible	Read 48.5 Write 50.7 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 50.6 10% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 2% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 5.78% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 58 91 91 104 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 110 Mixed 62 SusWrite 87.3 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 92GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 51 52 52 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 58.2 Mixed 43.3 SusWrite 52.2 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 705GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 110 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 146 Write 116 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 108 144% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.3 168% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 65%
Innostor Innostor 64GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 36GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 49 50 50 50 50 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 115 Write 60.7 Mixed 65 SusWrite 49.8 90% 72.6 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 below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.4% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 22.6 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 78%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	449x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 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	58x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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