Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.7% 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	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.

Run History

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	31.8 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	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '19 at 19:39
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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 (94^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 225 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 672 66% 543 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.6% 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: 440.97 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 103 Parallax 96.2 87% 102 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 81.8 Splatting 74.4 74% 93.4 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct500mx5 0 431GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 155GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 388 429 434 405 388 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 444 Mixed 370 SusWrite 398 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 34.7 107% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 282 228% 324 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 114%
Inateck ASM1153E 500GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 86GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 52 52 52 52 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 49.2 Write 52.2 Mixed 37 SusWrite 51.3 11% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 2% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 5.78% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 57 108 121 123 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 158 Write 139 Mixed 88 SusWrite 101 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 90GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 62 64 64 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 82 Write 82.3 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 63.3 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 629GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 104 104 107 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 172 Write 116 Mixed 74 SusWrite 105 147% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.4 174% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 65%
Innostor Innostor 64GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 36GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 50 50 50 50 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 114 Write 62 Mixed 64 SusWrite 50 90% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Mixed 0.6 31% 0.35 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	70.6% Very good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.6% 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 $242Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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